Men's Cross Country | 10/24/2015 6:15:00 PM

Final Results

LAREDO, Texas – Amidst rainy and muddy conditions, St. Edward's University Cross Country finished its season of team competition on Saturday at the Heartland Conference Championships with the women placing fifth and the men taking eighth.
 
KATY GILLIS highlighted the day finishing 16^th individually to garner Honorable Mention All-Heartland Conference honors. She finished the women's 6,000-meter race in 23:28 while JOHN DANIELS led the men's team, finishing the 8,000-meter race in 28:09.
 
"I am very proud of this team. We had our top four women under 24 minutes, and it was good to have John, GABRIEL MONTICURE, and JAMES TOWNLEY lead the men again," said head coach David Chandler. "Unfortunately on the men's side we had too many gaps to finish higher, but this first season has been great. We have the foundation and chemistry that we need to perform better from here. Again, I am very proud of this team."
 
On the women's side RACHEL FREI finished four seconds behind Gillis, just missing all-conference honors in 18^th place with VICTORIA MAYORGA right behind Frei in 20^th. ALYA SALEM crossed the line in 22^nd place with KEOMI HAMLIN, HOPE RYAN, and MAGGIE KAPROSCH rounding out the Hilltoppers top seven.
 
For the men, Daniels finished in 31^st with Townley and Jackson crossing as a duo in 43^rd and 44^th. Monticure finished just outside the top 50 with NICHOLAS BARRETT, NICK LEITGEB and NICOLAS ZUNIGA pushing to strong finishes to round out St. Edward's top seven.
 
While the team slate is complete for the 2015 season, a contingent of Hilltoppers will travel to Canyon, Texas to compete in the NCAA Regional race on November 7 for a chance to go the NCAA National meet.