Five Racers PR at Belmont Opener

Sunday, January 24

Nashville, Tenn.

Murray State

Belmont

1/24/2021 5:26:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

The Racers women's team finishes sixth while the men take home seventh in Nashville

Murray State opened its 2020-21 cross country season at the Belmont Opener in Nashville, Tennessee, Sunday afternoon. The meet marked the first competition for the Racers cross country program in 435 days.

The women's squad placed sixth overall with 166 points, and the men placed seventh with 167 points. Junior Dani Wright and sophomores Kristin Dent and Jessica Stein recorded PRs on the women's side while sophomores Ryan Dent and Benjamin Hall ran PRs for the men.

Top Racers
Wright was the top finisher for the Racers for the first time in her career, running a personal-best 5K of 18:50.3 to place 21^stoverall.

Behind Wright, junior Emma Creviston finished 31^stand sophomores Jessica Stein and Kristin Dent finished 33^rdand 34^th, respectively, both setting new personal records. Freshman Breanna Day, running in her first collegiate race, crossed the line in 47^th.

On the men's side, Caleb Kawasaki led the Racer with a 25^thplace finish. He was followed by a PR performance from sophomore Benjamin Hall, finishing 32^ndwith a time of 27:46.2.

Nathan Quinn made in collegiate debut and was the third Racer to finish, clocking in at 35^th. Sophomore Ryan Dent also tabbed a PR with his time of 27:59.4 to place 36^that the meet. Junior Christian Slone rounded out the top five, placing 39^th.

Quotables
Murray State Distance Coach Jordan Wallace on the women: "Really good races from all of the women. Dani Wright led the team for the first time in her collegiate career. Her and Emma Creviston have been working together well together in practices and it helped them both out today. Jessica Stein worked really hard this summer and ran some fast time trials this fall so it's nice to finally make it official with an 82-second PR."

Murray State Distance Coach Jordan Wallace on the men: "It's been 14 months since the men last raced so we were really excited about the opportunity to compete as a team again. They've been getting in some solid workouts over the last several weeks and while we had PRs by Hall and Dent, I know they have more in them. This was a good first meet to get back into the swing of things and I'm confident that these men will put together a great 8K by conference."

Women's 5K Results – 6^thPlace (166 points, 21-31-33-34-47)

21. Dani Wright – 18:50.257 // 31. Emma Creviston – 19:19.618 // 33. Jessica Stein – 19:33.219 // 34. Kristin Dent – 19:43.589 // 47. Breanna Day – 20:41.585 // 52. Ashley Zimmerman – 21:15.870 // 57. Sophie Grogan – 21:46.600

Men's 8K Results – 7^thPlace (167 points, 25-32-35-36-39)

25. Caleb Kawasaki – 27:06.380 // 32. Benjamin Hall – 27:46.243 // 35. Nathan Quinn – 27:57.105 // 36. Ryan Dent – 27:59.372 // 39. Christian Slone – 28:51.349 // 40. Jordan Higgins – 29:00.412 // 41. Meyer Makensom – 29:05.542 // Robert Gibson – 29:42.890