October 2, 2010

Cross Country Does Well at West Texas

 

CANYON, Texas – Hardin-Simmons men’s and women’s cross country performed well at the

West Texas A&M Invitational held Friday in Canyon.

 

The Cowgirls placed fourth as a team in the 5K run with Lindsey Hinton finishing 11th with a

time of 21:04. Julia Holub finished 18th for the Cowgirls with a time of 21:37, Maloree Kendall

finished 22nd  with a time of 22:47. Julie Cole finished 24th with a time of 23:01, Whitney

Browning finished 25th with a time of 23:07 and Halee Edwards finished 29th with a time of

23:51. Lauren Garcia finished 35th, Jessica Lauderdale finished 36th, Whitney Rankin finished

40th, Maggie Perry finished 41st and Shelley Voss finished 42nd for the Cowgirls.

 

South Plains College in Levelland took first place with the top female runner being Natoya

Goule who finished with a time of 18:59.

 

The Cowboys had three runners compete in the 8k run with Nathaniel Robinson placing 37th

with a time of 29:52. Marcus Estrada finished 50th with a time of 32:03 and Cameron Lowman

finished 55th with a time of 33:15.

 

Eastern New Mexico took first in the men’s with the first place finisher being Kemoy Campbell

of South Plains College with a time of 25:20.

 

“Running against tough competition is preparing us for our championship season. We were

the only non-scholarship school in attendance, but I’m proud of how we competed against

the D-II and Junior Colleges,” said Hailey.

 

The Cowgirls and Cowboys return to action October 16th at the University of Texas-Permian

Basin in Odessa.