FINAL HOME MEET IS A SUCCESS FOR EMPORIA STATE CROSS COUNTRY AT HORNET HARRIER

Men's Cross Country | 10/14/2022 6:35:00 PM

October 14, 2022-The Emporia State men were one point away from a perfect score and Tayler Williams won the women's individual title to wrap up the home portion of the cross country schedule at the Hornet Harrier Invitational.
 
Williams won for the second time on her home course and broke her own course record in the process.  She ran 18:54.23 and finished five seconds in front of Benedictine's Caroline Cobo who placed second.  Williams time was 24 seconds better than her winning time at the ESU Invitational on September 23 at the Trusler Sports Complex.  

In her final home cross country race Hannah Showalter ran 19:38.24 to finish eighth overall. She ran 1:11 faster than her previous time of the course. Irina Honc was the third finisher for the Hornets in a time of 20:03.08 to placed 11^th overall.  Ayden Kearney placed 21^st with a time of 21:10.09 while Catherine Lyon rounded out the scoring with a time of 21:16.67 to finish in 23^rd place.

As a team Emporia State finished second to Benedictine and were able to edge out fellow MIAA member school Newman by three points.
 
Despite two of their normal top seven sitting out the race, the Hornet men continued a trend of solid pack running, with their top five finishers all within a minute of each other. Tyler Swift was the top collegiate finisher in a time of 25:26.57 that was nearly 30 seconds faster than his previous record time on the course.  He placed second overall to former Adams State national qualifier Paddy Robb who ran a course record of 24:55.53 competing unattached. 

Henry Jones was the second Emporia State finisher in 25:35.01 for fourth overall while Cody Achilles was fifth with a time of 25:55.37.  Asher Moen ran 26:08.83 to place seventh overall and complete the 1-2-3-4 sweep at the top of the collegiate runners.  Colby Ferbache rounded out the scoring for Emporia State with a time of 26:20.74 to place ninth overall and sixth among collegiate finishers.

As a team the Hornets 16 points easily outdistanced fellow MIAA member school Newman by 26 points
 
The next scheduled action for Emporia State will be the MIAA Championships on November 5 in Joplin, Mo.

Women's Top Ten and ESU Individual Results

1 Williams, Tayler	Emporia St.	18:54.23
2 Cobo, Caroline	Benedictine	18:59.32
3 Rolwes, Mary	Benedictine	19:08.07
4 Ortiz, Natasha	Benedictine	19:20.21
5 Koma-Limo, Patricia	Newman	19:26.06
6 Starrs, Catherine	Benedictine	19:26.58
7 Guerra, Isabella	Benedictine	19:27.18
8 Showalter, Hannah	Emporia St.	19:38.24
9 Downey, Gemma	Benedictine	19:47.76
11 Honc, Irina	Emporia St.	20:03.08
21 Kearney, Ayden	Emporia St.	21:10.09
23 Lyon, Catherine	Emporia St.	21:16.67
24 Bina, Mason	Emporia St.	21:21.94
28 Bailey, Courtney	Emporia St.	21:54.94

 
Women's Team Results

1 Benedictine	22
2 Emporia St.	54
3 Newman	57

 
Men's Top Ten and ESU Individual Results

1 Robb, Paddy	Unattached	X24:55.53
2 Swift, Tyler	Emporia St.	25:26.57
3 James, Ryder	Unattached	X25:30.24
4 Jones, Henry	Emporia St.	25:35.01
5 Achilles, Cody	Emporia St.	25:55.37
6 Revord, Colby	Unattached	X25:56.47
7 Moen, Asher	Emporia St.	26:08.83
8 Chemalmal, Kevin	Newman	26:16.60
9 Ferbrache, Colby	Emporia St.	26:20.74
10 Voelker, Luke	Unattached	X26:39.72
23 Liermann, Caleb	Emporia St.	27:47.82
27 Laurance, Treyton	Emporia St.	28:01.39
31 Liermann, Corbin	Emporia St.	28:27.05
41 Haydock, Kamon	Emporia St.	30:09.65
47 Rice, Cole	Emporia St.	31:12.33
50 Reves, Jace	Emporia St.	31:55.85

X-does not figure in team scoring
 
Men's Team Results

1 Emporia St.	16
2 Newman	42
3 Drury	105
4 Crowder	106
5 Benedictine	107