Cross Country Closes Out Regular Season Strong

Saturday, February 20

Louisville, KY

3:10 p.m.

Murray State

Kentucky Indoor Collegiate

2/20/2021 7:44:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

The Racers finished the 2020-21 cross country regular season on Saturday, February 20 at the Kentucky Indoor Collegiate in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Murray State men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Kentucky Indoor Collegiate in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, February 20.

Top Racers
Junior Emma Creviston was the top finisher for the Racers for the first time this season, placing second overall with a time of 18:31.14. Dani Wright finished at 18:56.72 good for fifth overall.

Freshman Breanna Day, sophomore Kristin Dent and fellow classmate Amirr Evans, crossed ninth, tenth, and eleventh with times of 19:56.24, 20:14.88 and 20:15.09, respectively to round out the Racer women top five.

Sophie Grogan finished 14^th with a time of and was followed by Ashley Zimmerman who crossed 16^th

On the men's side, senior Caleb Kawasaki was once again the top Racer with a time of 16:19.44 finishing sixth overall, beating out sophomore Robert Gibson by two seconds, who finished at 16:21.71.

The Racer men claimed places nine through thirteen. Ryan Dent, Nathan Quinn, Benjamin Hall, Jordan Higgins and Christian Slone all finished within 22 seconds of each other.

Jarod Willis and Meyer Makemsom crossed the line 15^th and 16^th while Austin Kirkpatrick came in 19^th for Racers.

Quotables
From Distance Coach Jordan Wallace: "We were hit with some bad weather this past week which tested the teams flexibility - getting in workouts and easy runs on treadmills, cleared off parking lots, and some cross training during the limited facility hours. Then we made the last minute decision to switch up our meet schedule and chose to race an indoor 5k Saturday rather than compete at our originally planned 5k/8k cross country meet on Friday. Throughout all of those obstacles the team has been resilient and came together for a good race. Some have been struggling a bit mentally to stay engaged in the second half of such a long race and today it was great to see improvement in that area. We are just over a week away from the OVC Championships and I think we are ready to handle whatever the weather, course, and competition throws at us."

Women's 5K Results –
2. Emma Creviston – 18:31.14 // 5. Dani Wright – 18:56.72 // 9. Breanna Day – 19:56.24 // 10. Kristin Dent – 20:14.88 // 11. Amirr Evans– 20:15.09 // 14. Sophie Grogan – 20:39.00 // 16. Ashley Zimmerman – 21:48.01

Men's 5K Results –
6. Caleb Kawasaki – 16:19.44 // 7. Robert Gibson – 16:21.71 // 9. Ryan Dent – 16:28.22 // 10. Nathan Quinn – 16:30.92 // 11. Benjamin Hall – 16:32.25 // 12. Jordan Higgins – 16:45.56 // 13. Christian Slone – 16:50.76 // 15. Jarod Willis– 17:05.40 // 16. Meyer Makemsom – 17:15.50 // 19. Austin Kirkpatrick – 18:41.99