Men's Cross Country | 9/25/2026 11:52:00 AM
September 25, 2026-Competing in their largest meet of the year so far the Emporia State men placed 14th and the women 19th at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Mo. on Friday morning. There were 275 men representing 27 teams in the men's competition while the women's race had 31 teams and 259 runners start.
The Hornet men were led by senior
Gage Chapman who ran an 8K personal best of 26:40.9 to finish in 88th place. HE was followed closely by a pair of freshman with
Jordan Schierbaum placing 91st in 26:43.4 and
Bryce Roberts with a time of 26:46.6 to finish in 94th place. Junior
Dylan Hunter ran 27:13.1 to place 115th after being in the top 60 for the first 6000m of the race.
Elijah Edwards placed 136th with a personal best 8K time of 27:33.9 to round out the scoring for the Hornets.
Junior
Emma Bartholome was the top finisher for the Emporia State women. She was 104th overall with a time of 23:37.5, her second best time over 6K in her career. The next two spots for the Hornets were freshmen with
Brett Jacobson running 24:00.2 to place 136th and
Montgomery Morgan clocking in at 24:07.6 for a 141st place finish. Sophomore
Brooklyn Nolte was 169th in a time of 24:35.4 while junior
Maria Ham ran 24:57.4 to place 183rd and round out the Emporia State scoring.
The Hornets will be back in action on October 12 to take part in the D2 Pre-Nationals hosted by Northwest Missouri at Rim Rock Farm located outside of Lawrence, Kan. Emporia State has reached the halfway point of the season in terms of number of competitions with only the Pre-Nationals and Pre-MIAA meets remaining before the MIAA Championships on November 7 in St. Joseph, Mo.
| ESU Men's Individual Results |
|
| 88 Gage Chapman |
26:40.9 |
| 91 Jordan Schierbaum |
26:43.4 |
| 94 Bryce Roberts |
26:46.6 |
| 115 Dylan Hunter |
27:13.1 |
| 136 Elijah Edwards |
27:33.9 |
| 155 Anderson Strack |
27:50.3 |
| 156 Will Richards |
27:51.6 |
| 172 Gideon Lowery |
28:04.6 |
| 191 Ryker Vieux |
28:17.5 |
| 203 Cash Young |
28:41.6 |
| 209 Caul Jones |
28:52.4 |
| 213 Rowen Ake |
28:57.8 |
| 233 Carson Fouard |
30:05.2 |
| 237 Lucas Kreutzer |
30:30.5 |
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| ESU Women's Individual Results |
|
| 104 Emma Bartholome |
23:37.5 |
| 136 Brett Jacobson |
24:00.2 |
| 141 Montgomery Morgan |
24:07.6 |
| 169 Brooklyn Nolte |
24:35.4 |
| 183 Maria Ham |
24:57.4 |
| 189 Lilly Skalsky |
25:06.5 |
| 194 Ella Crain |
25:13.5 |
| 200 Britta Mongeau |
25:23.5 |
| 245 Raegan Seaba |
29:01.0 |
| 250 Alexis Brotherton |
30:47.9 |
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| Men's Teams Results |
|
| 1 Cornerstone |
92 |
| 2 St. Mary (Kan.) |
116 |
| 3 Park |
135 |
| 4 Fort Hays State |
140 |
| 5 Taylor |
148 |
| 6 Oklahoma City |
151 |
| 7 Columbia (Mo.) |
159 |
| 8 Benedictine |
210 |
| 9 Doane |
245 |
| 10 Colby CC |
246 |
| 11 Rockhurst |
326 |
| 12 Northwest Missouri |
327 |
| 13 Indiana Wesleyan |
364 |
| 14 Emporia State |
410 |
| 15 Truman |
418 |
| 16 Iowa Western CC |
449 |
| 17 Lindenwood |
476 |
| 18 Southwest Baptist |
478 |
| 19 Baker |
529 |
| 20 Missouri-St. Louis |
597 |
| 21 Bethel (Ind.) |
630 |
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| Women's Team Results |
|
| 1 Fort Hays State |
108 |
| 2 Western Kentucky |
139 |
| 3 Cornerstone |
145 |
| 4 Truman |
159 |
| 5 Indiana Wesleyan |
166 |
| 6 Southwest Baptist |
167 |
| 7 Missouri State |
175 |
| 8 Benedictine |
191 |
| 9 Rockhurst |
191 |
| 10 South Dakota |
252 |
| 11 Oklahoma City |
273 |
| 12 Doane |
284 |
| 13 Taylor |
312 |
| 14 St. Mary (Kan.) |
333 |
| 15 Southeastern Oklahoma |
391 |
| 16 Park |
428 |
| 17 Columbia (Mo.) |
477 |
| 18 Lindenwood |
526 |
| 19 Emporia State |
528 |
| 20 Iowa Western CC |
621 |
| 21 Baker |
656 |
| 22 Lincoln (Mo.) |
660 |
| 23 Colby CC |
676 |
