Saturday, October 30
Nashville, Tenn.
9 a.m.
Southeast Missouri State University
vs
OVC Championship
Redhawks Take Fifth at 2021 OVC Cross Country Championship Saturday
10/30/2021 12:35:00 PM | Cross Country
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri cross country finished fifth overall in the men's and women's races Saturday morning at the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Championship held at the Vaughn's Creek Cross Country Course at Percy Warner Park. The women totaled 145 points while the men accumulated 173 points.
Katie Wegmann led the Redhawk women, covering the 5K course in 19:05.7 for 17th. Seth Gleason paced the men with a time of 26:23.0 for 32nd in the 8K.
Madelyn Gray finished 23rd overall in the 5K with a time of 19:14.9. The freshman from St. Peters, Missouri, continued her impressive start to her Redhawk career finishing second for the SEMO women at the championship.
Rounding out the top five for the women's team was Maddie Keller (30th, 19:30.9), Jane Boessen (39th, 19:42.8) and Claire Morrill (40th, 19:42.9).
Taylor Fox (44th, 19:48.9), Mackenzie Pugh (61st, 20:29.6), Haley Smith (66th, 20:44.4) and Sarah Russom (68th, 21:04.9) also ran in the distance for the SEMO women.
Nick Cimmarusti (35th, 26:35.7), Schuyler Ogden (39th, 26:46.3), Aaron Modrow (40th, 26:46.5), and Byron Sowerby (44th, 26:55.1) rounded out the top five for the men's team following Gleason.
Justin Splitt (48th, 27:08.2), Clayton Eftink (51st, 27:19.2), Noah Little (53rd, 27:31.0), Kory Snyder (60th, 27:45.9) and Travis Sickles (76th, 29:18.6) also represented the Redhawks in the 8K.
The EIU men won the team title for the second-straight season. Belmont won the women's championship.
Dustin Hatfield took first with a time of 24:31.5 in the men's 8K while Lindsey Carlson completed the women's 5K in 17:47.9 to win the pair of individual OVC Championships. The duo were named the 2021 OVC Male and Female Cross Country Athletes of the Year and Athletes of the Championship.
Tennessee Tech's Miceal McCaul and Ruby Wyles were also selected as the 2021 OVC Freshmen of the Year Friday.
Erin Howarth of EIU was named the men's OVC Coach of the Year and Jeff Langdon of Belmont earned the women's OVC Coach of the Year.
SEMO will next compete at the NCAA Midwest Regionals Friday, Nov. 12 in Iowa City, Iowa, on the campus of Iowa.
Katie Wegmann led the Redhawk women, covering the 5K course in 19:05.7 for 17th. Seth Gleason paced the men with a time of 26:23.0 for 32nd in the 8K.
Madelyn Gray finished 23rd overall in the 5K with a time of 19:14.9. The freshman from St. Peters, Missouri, continued her impressive start to her Redhawk career finishing second for the SEMO women at the championship.
Rounding out the top five for the women's team was Maddie Keller (30th, 19:30.9), Jane Boessen (39th, 19:42.8) and Claire Morrill (40th, 19:42.9).
Taylor Fox (44th, 19:48.9), Mackenzie Pugh (61st, 20:29.6), Haley Smith (66th, 20:44.4) and Sarah Russom (68th, 21:04.9) also ran in the distance for the SEMO women.
Nick Cimmarusti (35th, 26:35.7), Schuyler Ogden (39th, 26:46.3), Aaron Modrow (40th, 26:46.5), and Byron Sowerby (44th, 26:55.1) rounded out the top five for the men's team following Gleason.
Justin Splitt (48th, 27:08.2), Clayton Eftink (51st, 27:19.2), Noah Little (53rd, 27:31.0), Kory Snyder (60th, 27:45.9) and Travis Sickles (76th, 29:18.6) also represented the Redhawks in the 8K.
The EIU men won the team title for the second-straight season. Belmont won the women's championship.
Dustin Hatfield took first with a time of 24:31.5 in the men's 8K while Lindsey Carlson completed the women's 5K in 17:47.9 to win the pair of individual OVC Championships. The duo were named the 2021 OVC Male and Female Cross Country Athletes of the Year and Athletes of the Championship.
Tennessee Tech's Miceal McCaul and Ruby Wyles were also selected as the 2021 OVC Freshmen of the Year Friday.
Erin Howarth of EIU was named the men's OVC Coach of the Year and Jeff Langdon of Belmont earned the women's OVC Coach of the Year.
SEMO will next compete at the NCAA Midwest Regionals Friday, Nov. 12 in Iowa City, Iowa, on the campus of Iowa.
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