The Spring Hill College cross country teams finished the UAH Chargers Invitational led by Myles Cook and Evelyn Hererra at the John Hunt Cross Country Park on Saturday.
The women’s team finished 37th out of 41 teams in a field that included plenty of regionally-ranked Division I and II programs. The men’s squad placed 41st out of 45 teams.
Hererra led the Badgers for the fourth-straight meet with a time of 21:09.70. Claire Morgan finished the 5k in 24:12.4, followed by Ava Courtney who clocked a time of 24:25.9. Cassidy Dilks completed the race in 25:26.5. Abbygail Kinlockcontinued to improve with a personal-best time of 34:24.1.
Cook led Spring Hill in the men’s 8k race with a time of 28:26.3. Thomas Monier clocked a 28:56.6 on the course. Mohammed Shahrouj completed the race in 32:36.2. In his first meet of the season, Ridge Chautin recorded a time of 34 minutes, 57 seconds. Luke Mipro made his collegiate debut and finished in 35:06.6.
Meet Details
Date: Oct. 7
Venue (Location): John Hunt Cross Country Park (Huntsville, Ala.)
They Said It – Head Coach Craig McVey
On the meet
“This was very much by numbers like a national meet. There were a number of ranked teams here, especially from our region. We raced hard, but our prep for our conference meet had us a bit tired today. We had to do the hard workouts now, no choice in that, it will help in the long run. We need our health to get better, we have some under the weather and there’s no way around that when you’re racing 5,000 or 8,000 meters. We’ve got just under two weeks until our conference meet, health is huge.”
Up Next
The Badger men are scheduled to compete in the Mississippi College Watson Invitational on Friday, while the women will prepare for the SIAC Cross Country Championship on Oct. 20.
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