Racers Battle Through Weather At Commodore Classic

Saturday, September 17

Nashville, Tenn.

Murray State

Vanderbilt

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

9/17/2016 5:23:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Results

The Murray State men's and women's cross country teams ran Saturday at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic. The men's 8K event and women's 5K event were contested in a place the Racers have competed at many times, Percy Warner State Park in the Nashville, Tennessee area.

The Commodore Classic is one of the biggest meets of the season in which the Racers went up against BCS schools including Georgia, Ohio State, Missouri, Louisville, Auburn and Tennessee.

The day marked very different conditions for the competitors that numbered 289 runners. The men's race was dry and hot, then a rain shower made an appearance and completely soaked the course and made the women's event a muddy, slippery affair.

In the women's race, Vallery Korir placed 29^th overall with a time of 17:49, while Mason Swenson placed 71^st with a time of 18:18. Both moved up on the MSU All-Time 5K List. Other personal best finishes for the Racers included: Ida Mutai (137^th, 19:04), Maura Farrell (208^th, 20:07) and Allison Burgen (228^th, 20:38).
Overall, the Racers finished 15^th in a field of 25 teams.

Head Coach Jenny Swieton said her squad had a fantastic day on the course.

"I am super proud of how everyone raced today," she said. "Our women endured a rain delay and still came back and ran faster than they did on the same course two weeks ago. It was really wet and muddy but they didn't let that stop them from having a good day."

Here are all of the times from the Murray State women's team
94 PRIDDY, REBEKAH SO 369 MURRAY ST. 87 18:34.4
95 SMITH, MEAGAN JR 370 MURRAY ST. 88 18:34.5
137 MUTAI, IDA SO 367 MURRAY ST. 118 19:04.5
151 HESTER, ALI SR 364 MURRAY ST. 124 19:11.7
177 GROGAN, CAROLINE JR 362 MURRAY ST. 145 19:35.1
208 FARRELL,MAURA FR 358 MURRAY ST. -- 20:07.0
211 FLAHERTY, EMILY JR 359 MURRAY ST. -- 20:12.7
219 GRIFFIN, EMANI JR 361 MURRAY ST. -- 20:23.4
226 PARKER,AMANDA FR 368 MURRAY ST. -- 20:33.0
228 BURGIN, ALLISON 356 MURRAY ST. -- 20:38.1
236 HOLT, ERICA 365 MURRAY ST. -- 20:55.1
254 GILBERT, KATELYN 360 MURRAY ST. -- 22:03.3
258 EVANS, EMILY 357 MURRAY ST. -- 22:22.1

On the men's side, Murray State's Mark Ventura led the Racer men with a time of 26:22 in the 8K event and an 87^th place finish, while Zach Balleau placed 112^th with a time of 26:41.
The Racers finishes 22^nd overall in the men's event.

"I was very impressed with our effort today, we beat a lot of our conference opponents," Coach Swieton added. We're getting better and if we keep getting better we'll have a great team when OVC time comes around."

Here are all of the results from the Murray State men's team.
87 VENTURA, MARK JR 380 MURRAY ST. 79 26:22.7 2:21.7 5:18.5 3:17.8
112 BALLEAU, ZACH FR 373 MURRAY ST. 99 26:41.2 2:40.2 5:22.2 3:20.1
133 GALANES, GAVIN JR 376 MURRAY ST. 112 26:53.8 2:52.8 5:24.7 3:21.7
145 TURNER, VINCE SO 379 MURRAY ST. 120 27:08.3 3:07.3 5:27.6 3:23.5
173 STAVISKI, EVAN SR 378 MURRAY ST. 135 27:36.5 3:35.5 5:33.3 3:27.1
188 ACKMAN, AUSTIN SO 372 MURRAY ST. 143 28:06.0 4:05.0 5:39.2 3:30.7
194 MCCLELLAND, ALEXANDER FR 377 MURRAY ST. 144 28:17.3 4:16.3 5:41.5 3:32.2
212 BRADLEY, TYLER FR 374 MURRAY ST. -- 28:56.4 4:55.4 5:49.4 3:37.0
219 DAVIS, GAVIN JR 375 MURRAY ST. -- 29:15.8 5:14.8 5:53.3 3:39.5
224 YOCKEY, NEIL SR 381 MURRAY ST. -- 29:45.7 5:44.7 5:59.3 3:43.2

The Racers are back in action at Austin Peay (Sept. 24).