Men’s Cross Country Places 16th, Women Finish in 17th at NCAA South Central Regional

Friday, November 10

College Station, Texas

ALL DAY

Stephen F. Austin

NCAA South Central Regional

Men’s Cross Country Places 16th, Women Finish in 17th at NCAA South Central Regional

11/10/2017 2:18:00 PM | Cross Country, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

By: Kevin Meyer | Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations

Men's Results
Women's Results

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin men's and women's cross country teams both finished just outside the top 15 at the NCAA South Central Regional in College Station , Texas on Friday. The men's team finished in 16^th with a grand total of 367 points, while the women's squad totaled 413 points to finish in 17^th on the team leaderboard.

Erik Rotich paced the men's steam for SFA in the 10k race, finishing 58^th overall with a time of 31:49. Evan Barron followed with a 65^th place finish and a time of 31:55, with freshman Caleb Pickett hot on his heels at 70^th overall (32:04). Quinlin McGregor ended the race in 85^th place with a time of 32:18, while, Larry Deramus finished in 32:30 and 101^st place overall and freshman Jeremy Rich finished in 119^th with a time of 33:00 flat. Pedro Flores (130^th, 33:22) rounded out the scoring on the men's side.

On the women's side, senior Brittany Innis raced to a time of 21:21 and a 47^th place finish to lead her squad. Classmate Courtney High finished 58^th overall with a time of 21:32, followed by freshman Christina Hernandez, who end up in 70^th place with a time of 21:42. Further down the line was freshman Elizabeth Guerra, who came in at 125^th overall with a time of 22:43, and classmate Kelsey Ramirez, who finished two seconds behind at 22:45 and 128^th overall. Claire Crone rounded out the lineup with a finish at 142^nd and a time of 23:11.

"Our freshmen ran well on the women's side, so that was nice to see", said SFA cross country coach Cody Clark." This was good experience for all of our runners, but we're going to have to go back to the drawing board, train with a lot of volume and get ready for the indoor track season coming up."

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