Women Finish Second in Showdown of Nationally Ranked Teams
Posted: Oct 07, 2019

Women Finish Second in Showdown of Nationally Ranked Teams

 

Meet: South Plains Invitational

 

Date: October 5th , 2019

 

Distance:       Women- 5K

 

                        Men- 8K

 

 

 

Women Finish Second in Showdown of Nationally Ranked Teams

 

Asekol Continues Undefeated Season

 

 

 

TEAM RESULTS:           Women

 

  1. South Plains                                        39 pts.

 

                     2          NMJC                                                   41 pts.

 

                     3          El Paso                                                 44 pts.

 

                     4          Lubbock Christian                               108 pts.

 

                                    5          Angelo State                                        122 pts.

 

                       

 

 

 

In a battle of nationally ranked teams the #8 ranked Lady T-Birds finished a strong second just three points back from meet champion, #3 ranked South Plains and three points ahead of #2 ranked El Paso CC. "This is the best we have ran as a team" commented Coach Jeff Becker. "I am very proud of these ladies and they are not satisfied, they want to get better and better". 

 

Individual Results:

 

Women

 

1st        Flomena Asekol          17:52               Individual Champion

 

8th        Montserret Rios          19:36

 

9th        Britnie Dixon               20:22                          

 

10th        Gladys Koech             20:24

 

13th      Abigael Murgor           20:53              

 

15th      Doris Kitoney               21:08  

 

 

 

Freshman Flomena Asekol continued her undefeated as she picked up the win in a strong time of 17:52. "I am very proud of Flomena" commented Coach Becker. "She is running really well and is having a great season." The Lady T-Birds placed three other ladies in the top 10. Montserret Rios continued her outstanding season finishing in 8th place. Not too far behind were Britnie Dixon (9th Place) and Gladys Koech (10th Place). The last two lady T-Birds had great runs as well finishing 13th (Abigael Murgor) and 15th (Doris Kitony). "Abigael had a great finish to her race and that really helped the team" stated Coach Becker.