SFA Cross Country Opens Fall Season at Lumberjack Opener

Tuesday, September 1

Nacogdoches, Texas

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Stephen F. Austin

SFA Lumberjack Opener

SFA Cross Country Opens Fall Season at Lumberjack Opener

9/1/2020 8:22:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Men's results | Women's results

NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- The SFA men's and women's cross country team battled through one of its hottest openers yet on Tuesday night at Pecan Park, running alongside Jacksonville College at the Lumberjack Opener. The 'Jacks easily outran Jacksonville College, winning the men's race 16-47 and the women's race by a 15-50 score.

"Proud of our group tonight", said SFA Cross Country Head Coach Cody Clark. "We had a light workout this morning and came back and raced to get our volume in for the day. It's great to get back to racing and get the competitive juices flowing again. It was all about pacing tonight due to the 105 heat index. Parker (Jones) and Megan (Eichler) led the group and they are seeing the benefits of their mileage paying off. Their aerobic strength carried them throughout the race tonight for the individual win."

On the men's side for SFA, sophomore Parker Jones led the pack with a time of 15:59.89 to claim the top spot overall. Max Murphy finished in second at 16:30.72, followed by freshman Spencer Seale at 16:42.28. Michael Urbina, a sophomore, finished fourth with a mark of 16:57.74. Lewis Mills and Garrett Oehlert finished fifth and sixth overall on the men's team while running unattached, ending with a mark of 17:01.94 and 17:04.27, respectively.

Ben Murphy (17:14.52), Pedro Flores (17:21.40) and Brett Gilley (17:44.92) finished seventh, eighth and ninth, while freshman Marcus Ford rounded out the Lumberjack contingent with a time of 19:06.76.

In the women's race, Megan Eichler finished first with a time of 11:59.41, while Maggie Marshall was tight on her heels at 12:00.60. Freshman Isabel Borrego took third with a time of 12:15.37, while Rachel Taylor (12:17.47) and Katrina Thoms (12:31.85) took fourth and fifth. Madison Compass finished sixth while competing unattached (12:33.76), followed by Allyson McCutcheon (12:36.76), Peyton Muntz (12:39.94), Brianna Nolen (12:51.35) and LaSean Davis (13:05.41) rounded out the top ten with a sweep of the first ten finishes for SFA.

Katherine English (12th, 13:18.00) and Annie King (13th, 13:54.50) rounded out the Ladyjack group on the day.

"We are looking forward to racing at the OSU Jamboree a month from now with cooler weather and a full race distance of 6K for the women and 8K for the men", added Clark.