MT Runs Well at Arturo Barrios Invitational

Saturday, October 16

College Station, TX

Middle Tennessee

Arturo Barrios Invitational

Photo by: @MTAthletics

10/16/2021 11:01:00 AM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Blue Raiders men's and women's cross country competed on Saturday at the Arturo Barrios Invitational. This was the final regular season race for the program before the C-USA Championships in two weeks.

The women's team performed well finishing second overall. They had five women finish in the top 50 against good competition. Middle Tennessee's women finished in the Top-5 of every race this fall. Eusila Chepkemei led the way with a fourth-place finish.

The men's team was stellar in spots one through three in the lineup finishing all in the Top-15. The Blue Raider men's squad finished sixth overall and made great strides from last time out. Hillary Kimaiyo also finished in fourth with a time of 23:37.4.

RACE RESULTS
Oct. 16, 2021 | Arturo Barrios Invitational | Bryan-College Station, Texas. | Dale Watts XC Course

Men's 8k
4. H. Kimaiyo 23:37.4
11. J. Choge 23:55.5
15. H. Geta 24:01.5
81. L. Mosito 25:09.8
100. B. Rono 25:23.5
144. C. Cannizzaro 26:11.4

Women's 6k
4. E. Chepkemei 20:41.6
21. J. Jebor 21:16.6
23. N. Limatukei 21:19.6
28. M. Chepkurui 24:21.5
32. F. Rono 21:29.0
50. C. Cunningham 21:42.9
187. F. Jebor 24:36.6

QUOTING CROSS COUNTRY HEAD COACH KEITH VROMAN
"I really liked what I saw from the women, we ran well as a team. In spots one through five the gap was extremely small so it was truly a great effort overall. I thought we looked good against the Conference USA teams and I'm excited to see them in Charlotte. For the men the top half of our lineup performed well and again its about the rest of our lineup coming together as a whole. I thought again, we performed well against C-USA and it was good to see them against high-level competition."

NEXT UP
The Blue Raiders men's and women's cross country team will turn its focus to the Conference USA Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina, Saturday Oct. 30.

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