Springfield, Missouri – The Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams traveled to Springfield, Missouri for the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Evangel University at the Allison Sports Town facility. The two teams combined for nine personal best times on the day.
Location
Allison Sports Town | Springfield, Missouri
Men’s 8k
The men’s team kicked things off at 11:00 a.m. with 13 teams competing and 129 total runners. Brian Fackert was the first Bulldog across the finish line, placing 15th in 25:15 and earning Second Team All-Conference honors. Treygon Gehring finished in 29:01 for 82nd place and Dylan Tingler was right behind with a time of 29:04 for 85th place. Hector Nevarez placed 104th with a time of 31:36 and Kellen Cordero-Fernandez finished in 33:50 for 111th place. The Bulldogs finished in 9th place with 258 points.
Women’s 5k
The women’s race started at 11:45 a.m. and had 102 runners competing from 12 teams. Johanna Walker finished first for the Bulldogs in 24:35, which was good for 34th place. Taryn Bohannon finished 74th in 29:02 and Stephanie Schmidt placed 84th with a time of 31:35. Laureen Van Drunen was right behind in 86th place, finishing in 31:46, and Chelsie Brown placed 97th with a time of 37:52. The Bulldogs placed 10th as a team with 294 points.
