EMPORIA STATE CROSS COUNTRY WITH PAIR OF TOP THREE TEAM FINISHES AT JK GOLD CLASSIC

Men's Cross Country | 9/3/2022 11:37:00 AM

September 3, 2022-In the opening race of the 2022 cross country season, the Emporia State women placed second and the men third at the JK Gold Classic hosted by Wichita State.
 
Freshman Tayler Williams was the top placer for the Emporia State women with a tenth place finish at the RAFT Golf Course in Augusta, Kan. All six Hornet women placed in the top 25 out of the 46 runners entered in the race. 
 
Williams ran 19:49.9 over the five kilometers for her top ten finish. Sophomore Irina Honc was the second Hornet across the line in 20:27.8 to place 13^th while freshman Ayden Kearney was 15^th in 21:31.5 in her first collegiate race.  Sophomore Mason Bina ran 21:48.6 to place 19^th overall and senior Hannah Showalter was 21^st in 22:02.9 to round out the Emporia State scoring.
 
A trio of sophomores finished in the top 20 for the Hornet out of the 49 runners in the men's race. Tyler Swift was 13^th, Jaime Diaz finished 15^th and Cody Achilles placed 20^th for Emporia State. 
 
Swift's time over the six kilometer course was 19:11.7 while Diaz ran 19:26.3 as the top 18 finishers all cracked 20 minutes.  Achilles turned in a 20:07.0 for his 20^th place finish. Sophomore Corbin Liermann was 26^th overall in a time of 20:47.6 and freshman Treyton Laurance was 34^th in a time of 21:34.7 to round out the scoring for the Hornet men.
 
Emporia State will be back in action in two weeks at the Southern Stampede on the campus of Missouri Southern in Joplin, Mo. The first race of the day on the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course is set for 8:00 a.m. with the Emporia State women set to run at 8:30 a.m and the men at 9:45 a.m.
 
Men's Top 20 and ESU Individual Results

1	MERRIMAN, Bryce	Wichita State	18:05.1
2	DUCHATSCHEK, Clayton	Wichita State	18:06.4
3	FLOWERS, Ben	Wichita State	18:06.5
4	MOORE, Adam	Unattached	18:16.4
5	CALDWELL, Jackson	Wichita State	18:30.5
6	HORNING , Logan	Friends	18:32.0
7	MEYERS, Jacob	UNA-Wichita State	18:37.2
8	ENRIQUEZ, Erik	Wichita State	18:41.0
9	SCHMIDT, Robbie	Unattached	18:45.3
10	HENGELI, Sam	Tallgrass TC	18:58.6
11	YOUNG, Connor	Tallgrass TC	19:03.0
12	RIOS, Trey	Wichita State	19:10.1
13	SWIFT, Tyler	Emporia St.	19:11.7
14	GARCIA, Gage	Unattached	19:19.6
15	DIAZ, Jaime	Emporia St.	19:26.3
16	GEBRESELASE, Ablel	Southwestern (Kan.)	19:30.1
17	REYNA, Aidan	UNA-Wichita State	19:38.2
18	KOSSOVER, Ethan	Unattached	19:42.6
19	SCHAEFFER, Austin	Southwestern (Kan.)	20:00.8
20	ACHILLES, Cody	Emporia St.	20:07.0
26	LIERMANN, Corbin	Emporia St.	20:47.6
34	LAURANCE, Treyton	Emporia St.	21:34.7
44	HAYDOCK, Kamon	Emporia St.	23:44.0
47	REVES, Jace	Emporia St.	24:17.6

 
 
Women's Top 20 and ESU Individual Results

1	SULLIVAN, Abeba	Wichita State	18:12.9
2	BERTRY, Sarah	Wichita State	18:37.5
3	FINLEY, Emilea	Unattached	18:51.7
4	DICK, Miranda	Wichita State	19:04.7
5	ALDULAIMI, Lubna	Wichita State	19:16.5
6	BRUECKNER, Lea	Wichita State	19:19.3
7	TREPTOW, Amanda	UNA-Wichita State	19:33.5
8	ROMERO, Maria	UNA-Wichita State	19:41.2
9	GILES, Caroline	Friends	19:46.5
10	WILLIAMS, Tayler	Emporia St.	19:49.9
11	JERKOVIC, Leah	Wichita State	19:59.4
12	WILSON, Daegiona	Southwestern (Kan.)	20:15.5
13	HONC, Irina	Emporia St.	20:27.8
14	RUSSELL, Madi	Unattached	20:47.0
15	POGGE, Peyton	Wichita State	20:53.6
16	KEARNEY, Ayden	Emporia St.	21:31.5
17	MILLER, Farrah	Wichita State	21:45.3
18	PARSON, Audrey	Wichita State	21:48.1
19	BINA, Mason	Emporia St.	21:48.6
20	GONZALES , Kayli	Friends	21:59.8
21	SHOWALTER, Hannah	Emporia St.	22:02.9
23	LYON, Catherine	Emporia St.	22:26.5

 
Men's Team Standings

1	Wichita State	16
2	Friends	65
3	Emporia State	70
4	Southwestern (Kan.)	76

Women's Team Standings

1	Wichita State	15
2	Emporia State	57
3	Friends	77
4	Southwestern (Kan.)	93