by Adam Pitterman

COMMERCE, TEXAS – Mercy Rotich paced three members of the Eastern New Mexico University women’s cross country team in the top ten of Saturday’s Lone Star Conference championship meet. The trio of Rotich, Melina Gryschka, and Coley Norcross paced the Greyhounds to their second consecutive second-place finish at the championship event. Marcel Skalecki‘s 13th-place finish placed the men’s team to a fourth-place finish in the 8k run. The championship meet was hosted by Texas A&M-Commerce and contested at Centennial Park.

The top 15 runners garner All-LSC status. Eastern’s all-conference performers included Skalecki, Rotich, Gryschka, and Norcross.

The women’s team compiled 58 points, and was edged by Midwestern’s State’s 51 point total. West Texas A&M placed third with 86 points. The second-place finish match last season for the best LSC Championship finish in program history.

Rotich completed the 6k run with a time of 22:07.1 and trailed only first-place finished Nikolina Hrelec from West Texas A&M. Gryschka placed third with a time of 22.22.6. Norcross finished eighth with a time of23:06.5. Nancy Rodriguez came in 16th at the 23:34.8 mark.

The men’s team finished with 118 points, 20 ahead of fifth-place Texas A&M-Kingsville. The fourth-place performance was an improvement over last season’s sixth-place finish, which saw ENMU finish with 169 points.

Skalecki crossed the finish line with a time of 26:23.3, more than two seconds ahead of Texas A&M-Commerce’s Edwin Aparicio. Garrett Meyer placed 17thwith a time of 26:30.5. Shane Walsh finished at 26:49.1, to place 23rd

The Eastern New Mexico University cross country teams will return to action on Saturday, November 5, for the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships. The event will be held in Denver, Colo.

Lone Star Cross Country Championships – 10/22/2016
Centennial Park

Event 1 Men 8k Run CC

Name Year School Finals Points

Results – Men

1 Geoffrey Kipchumba JR West Texas A&M 25:07.3 1
2 Blake Whalen SR West Texas A&M 25:07.9 2
3 Owen Hind JR West Texas A&M 25:08.0 3
4 Turner Pool JR TAMU-Commerce 25:23.4 4
5 Tyson Wieland SR West Texas A&M 25:26.9 5
6 Devitt Smetana SO Angelo State 25:38.7 6
7 Jose Ventura IV FR TAMU-Kingsville 25:54.3 7
8 Peyton Heinig JR Tarleton State 26:09.5 8
9 Ruben Guerra FR UT-Permian Basin 26:09.8 9
10 Reid Splawn SO West Texas A&M 26:10.0 10
11 Jose Rojas SR Western New Mexico 26:10.6 11
12 Marvin Dierker FR Cameron 26:23.0 12
13 Marcel Skalecki SO Eastern New Mexico 26:23.3 13
14 Edwin Aparicio FR TAMU-Commerce 26:25.8 14
15 Zach Cabrera FR Angelo State 26:26.3 15
16 Abubeker Mohammed SO TAMU-Commerce 26:28.9 16
17 Garrett Meyer SO Eastern New Mexico 26:30.5 17
18 Eduardo Banuelos FR Cameron 26:32.6 18
19 Jarred Elizondo FR Tarleton State 26:33.8 19
20 Joshua Perez FR Tarleton State 26:40.3 20
21 Evan Luecke SO TAMU-Commerce 26:41.6 21
22 Johen Deleon FR Tarleton State 26:48.1 22
23 Shane Walsh JR Eastern New Mexico 26:49.1 23
24 Darin Allen SO West Texas A&M 26:50.6 24
25 Matthew Brown FR TAMU-Commerce 26:51.7 25
26 Francisco Solis JR TAMU-Kingsville 26:55.2 26
27 Mirko Blattler FR Cameron 27:01.8 27
28 Jasiah Patterson FR TAMU-Kingsville 27:03.5 28
29 Micah Davidson FR West Texas A&M 27:03.9 29
30 Lorenzo Juarez FR Eastern New Mexico 27:07.1 30
31 Angelo Pena SO Angelo State 27:07.7 31
32 Michael Simcho FR Tarleton State 27:08.2 32
33 Trevor Montgomery SO TAMU-Commerce 27:09.5 33
34 Brandon Rivera SO West Texas A&M 27:10.1
35 Steeven Martinez SO TAMU-Commerce 27:12.7 34
36 Tito Chaidez JR Eastern New Mexico 27:18.3 35
37 Dorian Carrasco FR Western New Mexico 27:18.7 36
38 Shane Stehle JR TAMU-Kingsville 27:27.9 37
39 Reese Montgomery SO Angelo State 27:28.3 38
40 Jesus Martinez FR UT-Permian Basin 27:30.5 39
41 Elias Madrid JR TAMU-Kingsville 27:31.1 40
42 Christian Monroy JR Eastern New Mexico 27:33.2 41
43 Quenten Lasseter FR Tarleton State 27:34.5 42
44 Cody Christie FR Cameron 27:37.1 43
45 Luis Villasenor SO Eastern New Mexico 27:44.2 44
46 Ricky Medrano SO TAMU-Kingsville 27:48.5 45
47 Hunter Hammontree FR TAMU-Commerce 27:52.2
48 Benjamin Lantz JR Eastern New Mexico 27:52.5
49 Andrew Clark SR Tarleton State 27:54.5 46
50 Danny Castillo SO West Texas A&M 27:58.2
51 Damian Feeney SR TAMU-Kingsville 28:03.2 47
52 Joshua Gruwell FR UT-Permian Basin 28:04.9 48
53 Celso Ramirez FR Cameron 28:07.4 49
54 Jacob Suchors SO West Texas A&M 28:15.4
55 Reo Bressman FR Cameron 28:17.5 50
56 Jacob Benavides SR UT-Permian Basin 28:18.4 51
57 Austin Watson JR Angelo State 28:22.7 52
58 Ty Rolen FR TAMU-Commerce 28:25.5
59 Quincy Fuller FR Cameron 28:25.9 53
60 Preston Brooks SO Angelo State 28:27.8 54
61 Hilario Garcia SO TAMU-Kingsville 28:33.6
62 Jaysen Shiner FR Cameron 28:53.4
63 Antonio Moreno SR Cameron 29:09.8
64 Fabian Lomel FR UT-Permian Basin 29:13.3 55
65 Kevin Hart FR UT-Permian Basin 29:43.2 56
66 Emmanuel Wekesa FR UT-Permian Basin 29:47.3 57
67 Mason Boyd FR Cameron 29:49.5
68 Joshua Lozano FR UT-Permian Basin 30:03.3
69 Xavier Perez FR Western New Mexico 30:08.1 58
70 Jarom Boswell SR UT-Permian Basin 30:24.3
71 Justice Medina SO Angelo State 30:26.0 59
72 Giovanni Paz SO UT-Permian Basin 31:43.4
73 Vladimir Gnilozubov SO Western New Mexico 35:23.3 60
74 Sascha Brechtel FR Western New Mexico 35:27.6 61

Team Scores

Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9

Results – Men
1 West Texas A&M 21 1 2 3 5 10 24 29
Total Time: 2:07:00.10
Average: 25:24.02
2 TAMU-Commerce 80 4 14 16 21 25 33 34
Total Time: 2:11:51.40
Average: 26:22.28
3 Tarleton State 101 8 19 20 22 32 42 46
Total Time: 2:13:19.90
Average: 26:39.98
4 Eastern New Mexico 118 13 17 23 30 35 41 44
Total Time: 2:14:08.30
Average: 26:49.66
5 TAMU-Kingsville 138 7 26 28 37 40 45 47
Total Time: 2:14:52.00
Average: 26:58.40
6 Angelo State 142 6 15 31 38 52 54 59
Total Time: 2:15:03.70
Average: 27:00.74
7 Cameron 149 12 18 27 43 49 50 53
Total Time: 2:15:41.90
Average: 27:08.38
8 UT-Permian Basin 202 9 39 48 51 55 56 57
Total Time: 2:19:16.90
Average: 27:51.38
9 Western New Mexico 226 11 36 58 60 61
Total Time: 2:34:28.31
Average: 30:53.66

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Lone Star Cross Country Championships – 10/22/2016
Centennial Park

Event 2 Women 6k Run CC

Name Year School Finals Points

Results – Women
1 Nikolina Hrelec FR West Texas A&M 22:01.7 1
2 Mercy Rotich JR Eastern New Mexico 22:07.1 2
3 Melina Gryschka SO Eastern New Mexico 22:22.6 3
4 Bridget Reilly SO Midwestern St. 22:43.7 4
5 Katelin Huckabee SR Tarleton State 22:44.1 5
6 Terra Truitt SR TAMU-Commerce 22:53.9 6
7 Sara Smith SO Midwestern St. 22:59.6 7
8 Coley Norcross JR Eastern New Mexico 23:06.5 8
9 Esmeralda Fuentes FR Tarleton State 23:11.7 9
10 Kelsey Warren JR Angelo State 23:15.4 10
11 Guadalupe Cantoran SR Western New Mexico 23:17.9 11
12 Leticia Shaban SR Midwestern St. 23:25.6 12
13 Ana Lopez SR Midwestern St. 23:29.0 13
14 Kelly McCaskill FR West Texas A&M 23:30.7 14
15 Michelle Reives SO Midwestern St. 23:30.8 15
16 Nancy Rodriguez JR Eastern New Mexico 23:34.8 16
17 Kaitlyn Tharp SO TAMU-Kingsville 23:40.4 17
18 Valeska Vitt FR Midwestern St. 23:43.8 18
19 Claudia Ramirez SR Angelo State 23:48.0 19
20 Amber Suarez SO UT-Permian Basin 23:49.5 20
21 Caitlyn Cecchini JR West Texas A&M 23:50.8 21
22 Brandi Stalder FR TAMU-Commerce 23:51.2 22
23 Kristen Elizalde FR West Texas A&M 23:55.7 23
24 Aimme Apodaca SR Western New Mexico 24:00.9 24
25 Jade Guerrero SO TAMU-Kingsville 24:02.5 25
26 Gretzel Jimenez FR Tarleton State 24:08.4 26
27 Mallory Shehan FR West Texas A&M 24:08.7 27
28 Brandi Hobson SR Midwestern St. 24:12.9 28
29 Sierra Quinones FR Eastern New Mexico 24:14.8 29
30 Ande Carlton SO Tarleton State 24:23.6 30
31 Emily Ayers FR Tarleton State 24:23.8 31
32 Jasmine Amo FR TAMU-Commerce 24:27.7 32
33 Joanna Alanis FR UT-Permian Basin 24:29.2 33
34 Abby Kepfer SO Eastern New Mexico 24:42.0 34
35 Janice Chacon SR Western New Mexico 24:42.8 35
36 Fanny Farfan JR Western New Mexico 24:45.0 36
37 Angela Dees JR Midwestern St. 24:55.1
38 Madison Harlow FR Angelo State 25:06.2 37
39 Samantha Gonzalez FR West Texas A&M 25:06.4 38
40 Amanda Mcginnis SR Western New Mexico 25:10.6 39
41 Victoria Jaime FR TAMU-Kingsville 25:12.9 40
42 Briana Hernandez FR West Texas A&M 25:13.7 41
43 Valeria Gandera FR Angelo State 25:20.3 42
44 Kristin Wright FR Angelo State 25:21.6 43
45 Josie Guzman SO TAMU-Kingsville 25:24.4 44
46 Maribel Garcia FR UT-Permian Basin 25:24.7 45
47 Brenda Hernandez FR Western New Mexico 25:26.2 46
48 Emily Lewis FR Eastern New Mexico 25:34.2 47
49 Maddie Shubert FR TAMU-Commerce 25:45.7 48
50 Chelsea Gonzalez JR TAMU-Kingsville 25:49.6 49
51 Anabelle Vasquez FR UT-Permian Basin 25:51.7 50
52 Gabrielle Howes FR Tarleton State 25:52.4 51
53 Mikayla Maldonado SO TAMU-Commerce 26:09.0 52
54 Molly Cross FR Tarleton State 26:12.0 53
55 Thalia Balderas FR UT-Permian Basin 26:17.5 54
56 Briana Castaneda FR TAMU-Commerce 26:17.9 55
57 Maiya Collins SO TAMU-Commerce 26:24.4 56
58 Mariah Noyola JR TAMU-Kingsville 26:27.1 57
59 Emily Gonzales FR Eastern New Mexico 26:30.9
60 Kylee Gorney SO Midwestern St. 26:31.2
61 Ruby Briones FR Angelo State 26:52.7 58
62 Stefanie Blaine SO Midwestern St. 26:58.2
63 Mercedes Pinon SO UT-Permian Basin 27:01.5 59
64 Taylor Ramirez SO TAMU-Commerce 27:05.3
65 Clarissa Funaki JR Western New Mexico 27:48.4 60
66 Breana Martin SR Western New Mexico 27:52.5
67 Yanet Roman SO UT-Permian Basin 28:42.1 61
68 Kendall Fougerat FR Angelo State 29:27.0 62
69 Jennifer Bernal FR TAMU-Kingsville 29:32.0 63

Team Scores

Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9

Results – Women
1 Midwestern St. 51 4 7 12 13 15 18 28
Total Time: 1:56:08.70
Average: 23:13.74
2 Eastern New Mexico 58 2 3 8 16 29 34 47
Total Time: 1:55:25.80
Average: 23:05.16
3 West Texas A&M 86 1 14 21 23 27 38 41
Total Time: 1:57:27.61
Average: 23:29.52
4 Tarleton State 101 5 9 26 30 31 51 53
Total Time: 1:58:51.60
Average: 23:46.32
5 Western New Mexico 145 11 24 35 36 39 46 60
Total Time: 2:01:57.20
Average: 24:23.44
6 Angelo State 151 10 19 37 42 43 58 62
Total Time: 2:02:51.50
Average: 24:34.30
7 TAMU-Commerce 160 6 22 32 48 52 55 56
Total Time: 2:03:07.50
Average: 24:37.50
8 TAMU-Kingsville 175 17 25 40 44 49 57 63
Total Time: 2:04:09.80
Average: 24:49.96
9 UT-Permian Basin 202 20 33 45 50 54 59 61
Total Time: 2:05:52.60
Average: 25:10.52