Racers Zoom At NCAA Cross Country Regional

Friday, November 11

Earlysville, Va.

Murray State

NCAA

11/11/2016 12:19:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

NCAA SE Regional MEN NCAA SE Regional WOMEN

The Murray State men's and women's cross country teams wrapped up the 2016 season at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Earlysville, Virginia.

The day proved to be a historic day for the Racer women as they tied the best finish in program history at an NCAA event with a spot in 20th place and the men's team had their best NCAA experience in a decade with a finish of 24^th place.

"I'm very happy with how both of our teams raced today," said Murray State coach Jenny Swieton. "They really put themselves out there and this season, they have gotten better at learning how to get the most out of themselves each race regardless of conditions or circumstances. We have grown a lot as a team and I am really excited to see what the future holds. As a whole we are a young team and have a lot to look forward to. Both teams have learned how much can be gained from working together during races and that has been fun to watch. The season wasn't perfect, but we made a lot of progress and that is all we can ask for."

MSU Women's Team
The Racer women placed 20^th and their score of 536 was the lowest in program history and an NCAA event.

Vallery Korir had the Racers' best showing with an 38th place finish with a time of 21:34 in a field of 227 runners on the 6K course at Panorama Farms. Meagan Smith and Rebekah Priddy paced together and each posted personal records in the event. Smith placed 101^st with a time of 22:26 and Priddy was one second behind with a time of 22:27 and placed 102^nd.

The individual champion was Annie Bothma of Coastal Carolina with a time of 20:15.

NCAA Southeast Regional
Panorama Farms – Earlysville, Va.
November 11, 2016
Women's 6K Race – 227 Runners
38 Vallery Korir Jr., 21:34
101 Meagan Smith Jr., 22:26
102 Rebekah Priddy So.,22:27
134 Mason Swenson Fr., 22:56
174 Ida Mutai So., 23:37
175 Caroline Grogan, Jr., 23:38
184 Ali Hester Sr., 23:58

Team Final Standings
1 NC State 53 points
2 Louisville 163
3 Kentucky 164
4 Furman 168
5 Wake Forest 186
6 Virginia 190
7 Eastern Kentucky 207
8 Virginia Tech 240
9 William & Mary 263
10 James Madison 273
11 Elon 300
12 Clemson 317
13 Coastal Carolina 372
14 North Carolina 393
15 Richmond 408
16 Charlotte 433
17 Duke 452
18 Davidson 468
19 App State 472
20 Murray State 536
21 East Carolina 569
22 Liberty 601
23 Col. of Charleston 601
24 South Carolina 619
25 George Mason 667
26 VCU 700
27 Morehead State 735
28 Northern Kentucky 783
29 UNC-Greensboro 790
30 Winthrop 868
31 UNC-Wilmington 983
32 USC Upstate 1030

Men's Event
The Racers placed 24^th in the field of 29 teams paced by Gavin Galanes and Zach Balleau who paced together in the 10K event and finished 112^th and 113^th in the field of 203 runners. Both posted PR times as Galanes was at 31:54 and Balleau 31:59. Vince Turner had a PR with a time of 32:08 which was good for a 122^nd place finish and so did Mark Ventura who had a time of 32:55 and a finish of 144^th place.

The individual champion was Campbell's Amon Terer with a time of 23:46.

NCAA Southeast Regional
Panorama Farms – Earlysville, Va.
November 11, 2016
Men's 10K Race
112 Gavin Galanes Jr., 31:54
113 Zach Balleau Fr., 31:59
122 Vince Turner So., 32:08
144 Mark Ventura Jr., 32:35
158 Evan Staviski Sr., 32:52.1 150
191 Alexander Mcclelland Fr., 34:41

Team
1 NC State 90
2 Virginia 105
3 Furman 106
4 Eastern Kentucky 117
5 Kentucky 150
6 Virginia Tech 181
7 Campbell 223
8 William & Mary 235
9 Liberty 255
10 Charlotte 284
11 Louisville 310
12 North Carolina 347
13 George Mason 349
14 Morehead State 359
15 Duke 381
16 Wake Forest 440
17 Davidson 441
18 East Carolina 472
19 App State 488
20 VMI 525
21 Northern Kentucky 531
22 Radford 542
23 Clemson 623
24 Murray State 623
25 USC Upstate 681
26 Col. of Charleston 708
27 Elon 716
28 Winthrop 772
29 UNC-Greensboro 776