Racer Women Finish Second In Home Meet

Friday, February 5

Murray, KY

2 p.m.

Murray State

Murray State University

2/5/2021 6:46:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

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In the second annual Murray State Open, the Racers women finish second, men fifth

The Murray State men's and women's cross country teams hosted its second annual Murray State Open at Miller Memorial Golf Course in Murray, Ky.

The women's squad place second overall with 60 points and the men placed fifth with 113 points.

Top Racers
Junior Dani Wright was the top finisher for the Racers for the second time this season, placing third overall with a time of 19:30.6. She pulled away from her pack at the finish to take the final podium spot. Junior Emma Creviston ran with Wright for the entire race, crossing in 19:36.8, good for sixth place.

Sophomore Kristin Dent and fellow classmate Jessica Stein, finishing in 13^th with a time of 20:13.4 edging out Stein who finished in 20:21.4 in 16^th place. Ashley Zimmerman rounded out the top five crossing in 21:20.2.

On the men's side, senior Caleb Kawasaki came from behind to beat sophomore Benjamin Hall for the top Racer finisher, crossing 18^th at 27:27.7 with Hall coming in 21^st at 27:49.0.

Jorge Ruiz, making his Racer debut, was the third Racer to finish with a time of 28:00.3. Closely following him was sophomore Ryan Dent and freshman Nathan Quinn who rounded out the top five, crossing the finish line at 28:02.0 for 29^th place and 28:05.8 for 31^st place, respectively.

Quotables
From Distance Coach Jordan Wallace: "The goal for today was to be competitive against the other runners rather than focus on individual time. I think both the men's and women's team did just that. They started out conservative in the first mile, which is the most challenging part of the course, and then slowly started working their way towards the front. Caleb Kawasaki for the men did an excellent job at this. It takes a lot of confidence to execute a strategy like that and he did it well. For the women, they've really done a good job leaning on each other throughout the race and working together. Emma and Dani, Kristin and Jessica, and then Sophie and Ashley partnered up and worked well together throughout the course which is really awesome to see."

Women's 5K Results – 2^ndPlace (60 points, 3-6-13-16-31)

3. Dani Wright – 19:30.6 // 6. Emma Creviston – 19:36.8 // 13. Kristin Dent – 20:13.4 // 16. Jessica Stein – 20:21.4 // 31. Ashley Zimmerman – 21:20.2 // 33. Sophie Grogan – 21:24.2 // 40. Breanna Day – 22:11.9

Men's 8K Results – 5^thPlace (113 points, 18-21-26-29-31)

18. Caleb Kawasaki – 27:27.7 // 21. Benjamin Hall– 27:49.0 // 26. Jorge Ruiz – 28:00.3 // 29. Ryan Dent – 28:02.0 // 31. Nathan Quinn – 28:05.8 // 36. Jordan Higgins – 28:27.1 // 37. Austin Kirkpatrick – 28:47.6 // 39. Christian Slone – 28:57.3 // 40. Robert Gibson – 28.58.3 // 45. Meyer Makemson – 29:11.7 // 49. Jarod Willis – 29:41.8