Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Saturday, November 23
Terre Haute, IN
11:00 AM
Middle Tennessee
vs
NCAA Championships
Blue Raider Men Finish 31st at NCAA Championships
11/23/2019 4:37:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, BRAA, Track & Field/Cross Country
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – After a successful season full of program high rankings and several first place finishes, the Blue Raider men's cross country team finished 31st overall at the NCAA Championships Saturday afternoon.
With the weather conditions being 35 degrees and rainy, senior Jacob Choge made it to the finish line first for the Blue Raiders, finishing 137th overall and a total time of 32:16.0. Senior Kigen Chemadi was second to finish for Middle Tennessee, coming in at 171st and a time of 32:35.3. Both Choge and Chemadi went into the Championships ranked at No.8 and No. 9 in the country, and the team as a whole No. 13, the highest in program history.
The men finished first in the four regular season races it competed in, as well as the Conference USA Championships when both the Blue Raider men and women took home titles. They also came in second at the NCAA South Region Championship, sending them straight to the NCAA Championships. Choge and Chemadi have led the team all season and have been very successful, along with fellow teammates Hillary Kimaiyo, Thobile Mosito, Titus Lagat, Brian Rono and Nathan Mack, who all competed at the Championships on Saturday.
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With the weather conditions being 35 degrees and rainy, senior Jacob Choge made it to the finish line first for the Blue Raiders, finishing 137th overall and a total time of 32:16.0. Senior Kigen Chemadi was second to finish for Middle Tennessee, coming in at 171st and a time of 32:35.3. Both Choge and Chemadi went into the Championships ranked at No.8 and No. 9 in the country, and the team as a whole No. 13, the highest in program history.
The men finished first in the four regular season races it competed in, as well as the Conference USA Championships when both the Blue Raider men and women took home titles. They also came in second at the NCAA South Region Championship, sending them straight to the NCAA Championships. Choge and Chemadi have led the team all season and have been very successful, along with fellow teammates Hillary Kimaiyo, Thobile Mosito, Titus Lagat, Brian Rono and Nathan Mack, who all competed at the Championships on Saturday.
| 137 | Jacob Choge | 32:16.0 |
| 171 | Kigen Chemadi | 32:35.3 |
| 232 | Hillary Kimaiyo | 34:04.0 |
| 245 | Thobile Mosito | 35:37.0 |
| 246 | Titus Lagat | 35:50.4 |
| 247 | Brian Rono | 35:57.4 |
| 249 | Nathan Mack | 36:52.4 |
Keep up with Blue Raider cross country this fall on Facebook (Middle Tennessee Blue Raider XC/Track & Field), Twitter (@MT_TrackField) and Instagram (@mt_trackfield).
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