Men 1st/ Women 2nd at Western Texas College Open
New Mexico Junior College
Cross Country
Meet: Western Texas College Open
Date: September 14th , 2019
Distance: Women- 5K
Men- 8K
Men 1st/ Women 2nd at Western Texas College Open. Flomena Asekol Individual Champion.
TEAM RESULTS: Women
1 South Plains 26 pts.
2 NMJC 32 pts.
3 Ranger 67 pts.
-- Western Texas NTS
-- Odessa NTS
Men
1 NMJC 26 pts.
2 Ranger 29 pts.
3 Odessa 83 pts.
-- South Plains NTS
-- Western Texas NTS
The NMJC Thunderbird Cross Country team continued the 2019 season at the Western Texas College Open in Snyder, TX.
The men's team picked up the victory over the other region schools at the meet. "It was nice to see the men win the meet" commented Coach Becker. The women's team finished a strong 2nd losing to South Plains by just 6 points. "We had a goal to win on both sides, the men were able to get it done and the ladies were close". "This was a good meet for us to see a lot of our region competition on the course that regionals will be held in late October".
Individual Results:
Women
1st Flomena Asekol 18:30 Individual Champion
5th Montserret Rios 20:49
6th Britnie Dixon 20:58
8th Gladys Koech 21:11
13th Doris Kitoney 22:12
Men
2nd Baptiste Derpil-Dupre 26:48
5th Victor Kibet 27:28
6th Victor Saldana 27:38
12th Eli Ortiz 28:40
13th Lloyd Frilot 28:57
18th Devis Cheruiyot 29:38
25th Chris Hoselton 31:13
29th Oscar Laris 32:23
Freshman Flomena Asekol picked up her second consecutive victory in this early season. "I am very proud of Flomena" commented Coach Becker. "This course is a very tough course and she ran the fastest time I have seen run on it". Also, in the Top 10 for the Lady T-Birds were Montserret Rios, Britnie Dixon, and Gladys Koech.
On the men's side, Baptiste Derpil-Dupre led the way for the T-Birds with a strong 2nd Place finish. "Baptiste had a great week of training and it paid off for him" added Coach Becker. Also, in the Top 10 for the T-Birds were Victor Kibet and Victor Saldana.
NEXT UP: The T-Birds will travel to Lubbock, Texas to compete in the Texas Tech Invitational on Saturday, September 21st.