Hawks roll on with sweep of Farm Run Invitational
SMYRNA, Del. — In three meets so far this fall, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) men’s and women’s cross country teams have not finished worse than second as a team collectively, with plenty of top ten individual finishes on both sides. Their first meet of October matched those expectations as the Hawks achieved both a team and individual sweep of six men’s teams and seven women’s teams at the Farm Run Invitational, hosted by Delaware State University.
With a score of 31 points, the men’s team kept their four meet win streak alive by a narrow margin, edging Norfolk State by two. As it has been all season long, sophomore Khalil Rmidi Kinnini captured the victory with a time of 25:00.1 in the 8k race. Likewise, his freshman teammate Nelson Kimutai clocked in a 26:46.3 time to place second, and junior Mark Tuwei finished third with a time of 26:54.7, earning his highest finish as a Hawk. Sophomore Derrick Cheruiyot earned eleventh place with a time of 27:40.7 and freshman Stanley Meli took fourteenth with a time of 27:58.9 to round out the team score for UMES.
A score of 38 team points for the Lady Hawks forced a tie with the Morgan State Bears, but Hawk sophomore Barbora Blahutova earned her third consecutive win, giving UMES the tiebreaker for their second straight team victory. Blahutova finished the 5k race with a time of 18:28.8.
Three other Lady Hawks earned top ten finishes in the race. Junior Shantol Hemley finished seventh with a 19:45.3 clip, while sophomore Rachel Halmon ran a time of 19:56.2 to finish ninth. Junior Jheniel Kelly rounded out the top ten with her time of 19:56.8, and freshman Janice Lane finished just over 20 minutes to place eleventh and round out the women’s team scoring.
UMES will try to make it five straight wins for the men’s team and three straight for the women in two weeks at the Hornet Invitational, also in Smyrna, Delaware.
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FAMU Women run 2nd at FLRUNNERS.com Invite
TITUSVILLE, Fla. – The Florida A&M Women’s Cross Country team placed four runners in the Top Ten to finish second overall in the FLRunners.com Invitational at the Chain of Lakes Park here Friday afternoon.
FAMU finished second to the University of Central Florida in the five-team Division One field, as the Lady Rattlers finished with a 19:11.58 average.
Leading the way for Dr. Darlene Moore’s group was Effiey Kosgei, who finished third in the 5K event in 18:43.08, just ahead of Judith Kibii, who ran fourth in 18:48.61.
Rounding out the Top Ten quartet for FAMU were Cynthia Chelego, who placed seventh in 19:14.54, and QuanDra Shanks, who finished 10th in 19:24.71.
Also running for FAMU were Nicole Kuitkavskas (20:43.65) and April Polite (21:11.93).
The FAMU Men’s Cross Country team ran fourth among a field of Division One competitors in the 5K FLRUNNERS.com Invitational meet at the Chaine of Lakes Park on Friday.
Coach Marc Small had two runners to finish in the Top 10, veteran performers MaDaniel Olivier, who ran eighth in 17:30.91, followed by Wells Jeudi, who finished 10th in 18:20.72.
FAMU also had a third runner to record a Top 20 finish, as Jairrin Dickens (18th) ran 20:16.90.
Rounding out the FAMU contingent were Emmanuel Black (21:31.65) and Dennis Pugh (23:25.84).
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