Women Place 2nd, Men 3rd at C-USA XC Championships

Saturday, October 29

Denton, TX

Middle Tennessee

Conference USA Championships

Photo by: C-USA

10/29/2022 3:37:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

By: Braydin Sik, MT Athletic Communications

DENTON, Texas – The Blue Raider men's and women's cross-country teams competed Saturday morning at the Conference USA Championships held in Denton, Texas at the Pioneer Soccer Park. The women finished in second and the men finished in third.

The women fell short of a fourth conference championship title in-a-row after a second-place finish with 54 points. Graduate student Joice Jebor led the Blue Raiders with a fourth-place finish and a time of 21:17.4. Jebor earned her fifth XC First Team All-Conference USA honor (ninth All-Conference USA honor of her career) and took home the Outstanding Senior honor for the women's side. Senior Mercy Chepkurui finished right behind Jebor in fifth with a time of 21:31.2, giving her a First Team All-Conference USA nod, her fourth all conference honor in cross country.

The freshmen impressed for the women, but the biggest story being freshman Agnes Chepkurui competing in her first collegiate meet on a championship stage and earning Second Team All-Conference USA to go along with Freshman of the Meet honors. Agnes finished in ninth with a time of 21:40.4.

Per usual, senior Hillary Kimaiyo led the way for the men with a sixth-place finish and a time of 24:33.0. Kimaiyo was the lone Blue Raider on the men's side to earn First Team All-Conference USA honors.

Sophomore Vincent Yegon and senior Habtamu Geta both finished behind Kimaiyo with times of 24:41.0 and 24:49.5 respectively. The team as a whole took third, 38 points behind a nationally ranked Charlotte team who took first.

RACE RESULTS
Saturday, October 29 | C-USA Championships | Denton, Texas
Women's 6k – 54 points – 2^nd place

Place	Points	Name	Time
4	4	Joice Jebor	21:27.4
5	5	Mercy Chepkurui	21:31.2
9	9	Agnes Chepkuruii	21:40.4
17	17	Naomy Limatukei	22:02.8
19	19	Lesego Mpshe	22:14.4
21	21	Zaila Smith	22:20.6
32	32	Irene Jeptoo	23:11.1

Women's C-USA Honors
Outstanding Senior – Joice Jebor
Freshman of the Meet – Agnes Chepkurui
First Team All-Conference – Joice Jebor, Mercy Chepkurui
Second Team All-Conference – Agnes Chepkurui
Third Team All-Conference – Naomy Limatukei, Lesego Mpshe

Men's 8k – 69 points – 3^rd place

Place	Points	Name	Time
6	6	Hillary Kimaiyo	24:33.0
8	8	Vincent Yegon	24:41.0
11	11	Habtamu Geta	24:49.5
20	20	Brian Rono	25:41.6
24	24	Koos Molutsi	26:11.1
37	37	Carmelo Cannizzaro	26:58.6

Men's C-USA Honors
First Team All-Conference – Hillary Kimaiyo
Second Team All-Conference – Vincent Yegon, Habtamu Geta

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