Men place top ten at NCAA South Regional

Friday, November 10

Gainsville, FL

Women 8:30 a.m. ET / Men 9:30 a.m. ET

Middle Tennessee

NCAA South Regional

11/10/2023 9:35:00 AM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

Gainesville, Fla. – The Middle Tennessee men's and women's cross country teams completed the NCAA South Regional on Friday at the Mark Bostick Golf Course, with the men finishing eighth and the women's team placing 15th in the regional.

Freshman Brian Kiptoo led the way for the men with a top-ten placement at seventh and a time of 29:05.20. Vincent Yegon was right behind Kiptoo and finished in eighth with a 29:09.80 time to give MTSU a pair of top-ten individual placements. The team as a whole placed eighth out of 23 teams with 200 total points, just one point behind the Auburn Tigers.

In the women's race, graduate senior Purity Sanga led the way with a 19:01.30 time in the 6k to shatter her previous best time. Faith Nyathi and Brooke Studnicki added top-100 finishes overall as the Blue Raiders placed 15th out of 29 teams at the NCAA South Regional.

RACE RESULTS
Friday, November 10 | NCAA South Regional
Women's – 403 points – 15^th place

Place	Name	Time
15	Purity Sanga	19:01.30
55	Faith Nyathi	20:18.00
89	Brooke Studnicki	20:47.40
121	Eleanor Towe	21:14.90
125	Zaila Smith	21:19.30

Men's – 201 points – 8th place

Place	Name	Time
7	Brian Kiptoo	29:05.20
8	Vincent Yegon	29:09.80
21	Habtamu Geta	29:37.40
28	Hillary Kimaiyo	29:48.20
143	Carmelo Cannizzaro	33:19.80

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