Middle Tennessee State and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga finished first and second in both races Saturday in UTC’s Front Runner Invitational cross country meet on Moccasin Bend. Kennesaw State was third in both.
UTC’s Teghan Henderson finished second in 10:41.13 in the women’s two-mile race with MTSU completing the rest of the top four, led by winner Josephine Kiptebeny in 10:38.29, and taking five of the top seven spots. KSU’s Lily Kildane was fifth, and UTC’s Maddison Melchionna, Rebecca Greenwall, Jessica York and Hannah Chamblin were eighth through 11th.
Hillary Rono led a 1-2-3 finish in the men’s 5k for MTSU, which also had the sixth and seventh finishers. Kennesaw’s Simone Colombini was fourth and UTC’s Paul Stuart, Mark Britt, Richard Guiry, John Payne, Austin Ethridge and Jack Strevell were fifth, eighth, ninth, 10th, 12th and 13th, all with personal bests.
UTC’s teams will compete Oct. 31 in the Southern Conference meet in Greenville, S.C.
Sewanee fourth
Both Sewanee cross country teams finished fourth among the non-Division I teams competing Saturday at the Berry Invitational, while Covenant was sixth in the women’s race and ninth in the men’s.
Eleven Covenant runners set personal records, led by Ruthie Cargill’s overall 42nd-place 24.12.62 that is the USA South’s second best women’s 6k time this season.
Sewanee’s Ansley McDurmon, Amy Lee and Alexandra Bingham were 23rd, 24th and 26th in the women’s race, and Logan Stockton and Jackson Goodwin were 18th and 24th in the men’s.