Oct 3, 2009

Cowgirls Finish Second at HSU Invitational


ABILENE, Texas - Hardin-Simmons' women's cross country finished in second place at the Hardin-Simmons Invitational that was run Saturday morning at Sea Bee Park in Abilene.

New Mexico Military Institute won the race with 19 team points as they had five of the top eight runners in the race. Iwona Czerniak won the event in a time of 18:38.

Lindsey Hinton led the Cowgirls with a third-place finish. She ran a 19:30 in the 3-mile race. Jayme Wells finished sixth with a 20:49. Whitney Rankin, Maloree Kendall, Vanessa Montelongo, Alyssa Thompson, Trissy Herington placed ninth through 13th to round out the Cowgirl lineup.

The cross country meet was the first that HSU has hosted since adding the sport prior to last season.

In the men's event UT-Dallas is the only team to bring a full team. HSU sat out runners with injuries and Clarendon had transportation issues.

Daniel Ludwig of UTD won the 6-mile event with a 27:47. Matt Buchhorn of HSU was second with a 28:46. Will Wright ran a 34:07 for the Cowboys in his first collegiate outing.

 

Women's Team Scores

New Mexico Military, 19; Hardin-Simmons, 36; UT-Dallas, 80

 

Individual Results

1.

Iwona Czerniak

NMMI

18:38

2.

Emilia Skolubewicz

NMMI

19:21

3.

Lindsey Hinton

HSU

19:30

4.

Gloria Fox

NMMI

19:43

5.

Abigail Bishop

NMMI

20:11

6.

Jayme Wills

HSU

20:49

7.

*Sarah Ashton

McM

20:51

8.

Kim Franklin

NMMI

21:21

9.

Whitney Rankin

HSU

21:29

10.

Maloree Kendall

HSU

21:44

11.

Vanessa Montelongo

HSU

21:52

12.

Alyssa Thompson

HSU

22:08

13.

Trissy Herington

HSU

23:01

14.

Brena Bui

UTD

23:44

15.

Ashley Cardenas

UTD

23:44

16.

Ann Marie Haney

UTD

24:20

17.

Abby Hyman

UTD

25:23

18.

*Lauren Thurman

Clarendon

25:42

19.

Rebecca Tang

UTD

25:59

*-not a full team

 

Men's Results

1.

Daniel Ludwig

UTD

27:47

2.

Matt Buchhorn

HSU

28:46

3.

Matt Sanchez

UTD

29:54

4.

Daniel Hulsey

UTD

32:32

5.

Tripp Smitham

UTD

32:38

6.

Will Wright

HSU

34:07

7.

Shawn Orliss

UTD

34:13

8.

Richard Kleinhans

UTD

36:41

9.

Phillip Phan

UTD

37:04