Hornet Cross Country holds Alumni Run

Men's Cross Country | 8/27/2023 7:37:00 PM

August 27, 2023-The Emporia State cross country teams got a trial run in for the regular season with their Annual Alumni Run on Sunday at Jones Park.
 
Jaime Diaz won the overall five kilometer race with a time of 15:30 while Tyler Swift ran 15:55.8 to finish second overall.  Matthew Maki was the top alumni runner, finishing in 15:59.9 to place third overall.
 
Tayler Williams ran 18:58.7 to win the women's competition. Had it been a regular season competition her time would rank fifth all-time on the current configuration of the Jones Park 5K course.  Catherine Lyon was the second female finisher with a time of 19:33.3 to rank 16^th at Jones Park.  Cindy Blakely Cameron was the top female alum to finish, running 22:12.1, 36 years after earning NAIA All-American honors for the Hornets.

After the races the festivities movedto the Colonial Ballroom in the ESU Memorial Union for the Cross Country Hall of Fame luncheon.  Two national runner-up women's teams, seven individual men and six individual women make up the second class of the ESU Running Hornets Cross Country Hall of Fame.
 
Emporia State will open the regular season on Saturday, September 2 at the JK Gold Classic in Wichita, Kan.
 

Men's Varsity Results
Jaime Diaz	15:30.0
Tyler Swift	15:55.8
Luke Gleason	16:11.1
Asher Moen	16:31.6
Caleb Liermann	16:47.2
Gage Chapman	16:57.8
Cooper Schroer	17:20.5
Kamon Haydock	17:47.7
Jack Miller	17:56.8
Corbin Liermann	18:01.8
Jace Reves	19:46.2
Aiden Burkhart	21:37.4
Women's Varsity Results
Tayler Williams	18:58.7
CJ Lyon	19:33.3
Elizabeth Willhite	21:12.7
Madeline Martin	23:12.3
Koe Schultz	22:16.6
Alumni Men's Results
Matthew Maki	15:59.9
Asher Delmott	17:21.9
Jason Dolan	19:54.3
Rob Harber	21:19.5
Alumni Women's Results
Cindy Blakeley-Cameron	22:12.1
Amy Potter-Metcalf	25:36.0