Emporia State Cross Country ends season at NCAA Regional Championships

Men's Cross Country | 11/19/2022 12:45:00 PM

November 19, 2022-Both the Emporia State men and women finished near the middle of the pack at the NCAA Division II Central Regional on Saturday morning in Joplin, Mo.
 
The Hornet men finished 16^th out of 31 teams represented at the Regional and were led by Jaime Diaz with a 46^th place finish. He ran 30:40.1 over the ten kilometer course. Henry Jones was the second Emporia State finisher with a time of 31:17.2 to place 76^th overall.  Tyler Swift ran 31:34.8 to place 88^th and Asher Moen was 96^th in 31:45.2 for the Hornets.
 
The Emporia State women were 19^th out of 34 teams represented in Joplin. Tayler Williams was the top finisher for ESU in 70^th overall with a time of 22:21.5 over the six kilometers.  Hannah Showalter was second for the Hornets in 102^nd with a time of 22:53.7 in her final race as a Hornet.  Irina Honc placed 119^th in 23:13.0, Catherine Lyon ran 23:36.4 to place 136^th and Ayden Kearney was 162^nd in a time of 24:03.1 to round out the Emporia State scoring.
 
Emporia State will now turn their attention to indoor track & field.  The season will begin wit the Boo Rogers Combined Multis and the Crimson & Gold Invitational on December 9-10 in Pittsburg, Kan.
 
Top Ten and ESU Results

1 Gidieon Kimutai	Missouri Southern	29:09.4
2 Matthew Oglesby	Pittsburg State	29:19.2
3 Diego Contreras	Pittsburg State	29:19.7
4 Ryan Riddle	Missouri Southern	29:21.9
5 Myles Bach	Nebraska-Kearney	29:25.1
6 Luke Stuckey	Nebraska-Kearney	29:26.8
7 Matt Steiger	Augustana (S.D.)	29:32.1
8 Ryan Hartman	Augustana (S.D.)	29:32.8
9 JP Rutledge	Missouri Southern	29:34.4
10 Oliver Kiptoo	East Central	29:35.5
46 Jaime Diaz	Emporia State	30:40.1
76 Henry Jones	Emporia State	31:17.2
88 Tyler Swift	Emporia State	31:34.8
96 Asher Moen	Emporia State	31:45.2
103 Luke Gleason	Emporia State	31:50.8
143 Cody Achilles	Emporia State	32:39.6

 
Team Scores

1 Missouri Southern	70
2 Nebraska-Kearney	72
3 Augustana (S.D.)	99
4 Pittsburg State	127
5 Washburn	157
6 Central Missouri	195
7 East Central	196
8 Sioux Falls	276
9 NW Missouri	285
10 Minnesota-Duluth	296
11 Harding	301
12 Minnesota St-Mankato	310
13 Fort Hays St.	314
14 Univ of Mary	355
15 Missouri Western	383
16 Emporia St.	409
17 Rogers State	443
18 Oklahoma Baptist	450
19 Minot State	488
20 Ouachita Baptist	566
21 Northern State	576
22 Concordia-St. Paul	580
23 MSU-Moorhead	603
24 Winona State	626
25 Newman	670
26 Wayne State (Neb.)	674
27 NW Oklahoma State	784
28 Minnesota-Crookston	837
29 Upper Iowa	926
30 Southern Nazarene	951

 
Women's Top Ten and ESU Results

1 Lindsay Cunningham	Winona State	19:34.8
2 Nicolette Schmidt	Augustana (S.D.)	20:18.4
3 Caroline Cunningham	NW Missouri	20:19.6
4 Kaylee Beyer	Winona State	20:19.6
5 Amanda Montplaisir	Minnesota St-Mankato	20:23.0
6 Lara Murdock	Pittsburg State	20:31.0
7 Megan Means	Augustana (S.D.)	20:33.2
8 Cailee Peterson	Minnesota-Duluth	20:34.3
9 Amber Owens	NW Missouri	20:36.6
10 Alyssa Becker	Univ of Mary	20:37.5
70 Tayler Williams	Emporia State	22:21.5
102 Hannah Showalter	Emporia State	22:53.7
119 Irina Honc	Emporia State	23:13.0
136 Catherine Lyon	Emporia State	23:36.4
162 Ayden Kearney	Emporia State	24:03.1
195 Courtney Bailey	Emporia State	25:23.1

 
Women's Team Scores

1 Augustana (S.D.)	62
2 Pittsburg State	120
3 Minnesota St-Mankato	127 '
4 Nebraska-Kearney	146
5 Winona State	151
6 Minnesota-Duluth	154
7 NW Missouri	155
8 Rogers State	217
9 Sioux Falls	264
10 Fort Hays St.	266
11 Univ of Mary	297
12 Missouri Southern	341
13 Ouachita Baptist	366
14 Arkansas Tech	391
15 Harding	430
16 Oklahoma Baptist	436
17 Northern State	543
18 St. Cloud State	562
19 Emporia St.	588
20 Washburn	593
21 East Central	604
22 Missouri Western	606
23 Central Missouri	612
24 MSU-Moorhead	647
25 Bemidji State	706
26 Southern Nazarene	752
27 Wayne State (Neb.)	773
28 Newman	789
29 Minot State	792
30 SE Oklahoma	829
31 Upper Iowa	901
32 Minnesota-Crookston	947
33 Concordia-St. Paul	951
34 Central Oklahoma	956
35 NW Oklahoma State	1042