LUBBOCK, Texas. The Western Colorado Women's Cross-Country team received an automatic bid to nationals, while the men's team finished fourth in the team standings and will wait to see if they qualify for the national meet in Joplin, Missouri.
JUST THE FACTS
Event: NCAA South Central Regionals
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Final scores, men's 10K: 1. Colorado School of Mines– 43 points, 2. Adams State – 51 points 3. West Texas A&M - 70
Final scores, women's 6K: 1. Adams State– 46 points, 2. Colorado School of Mines– 56 points 3. Western Colorado - 94 points
Top 3, men: 1. William Amponsah, West Texas A&M (29:32.59), 2. Romain Legendre, Adams State (29:40.61), 3. Loic Scomparin, Colorado School of Mines (92:44.86)
Top 3, women: 1. Brianna Robles, Adams State (20:34.1), 2. Eleonora Curtabbi, West Texas A&M (20:23.17), 3. Allison Beasley (20:38.81)
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Allison Beasley led the women's squad with a third-place individual finish with a time of 20 minutes and 38.81 seconds. The sophomore was only 25 seconds behind Brianna Robles from Adams State who placed first.
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Leah Taylor placed 14th (20:58.91) followed by Lauren Willson who placed 25th and was the third scorer for the Mountaineers. Peyton Weiss and Gretchen Slattum rounded out the Mountaineers scorers. The spread between Beasley and Slattum was right under two minutes.
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On the men's side it was Tyler Nord who placed within the top 12 for the men with a time of 30 minutes and 23 seconds. Kyle Partin was only 15 seconds behind Nord for a 17th place finish.
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Michael Grabowski and John Houdeshell placed 25th and 28th, respectively among the field while being the third and fourth scoring runners for the Mountaineers. Albert Hesse rounded out the Mountaineers top five with a 41st place finish.
UP NEXT
The Mountaineer men will wait for the NCAA to make the announcement of their team at-large bids on Monday at 4 p.m. MT. The NCAA national meet will take place on Nov. 18 in Joplin, Missouri. Times for the races are still to be determined.
