Men's Overall Results I Men's Divisional Results
Women's Overall Results I Women's Divisional Results
OXFORD, Ala. – High expectations turned into strong results as Clayton State men's and women's cross country delivered impressive finishes at the JSU/Struts Opener on Friday, September 4. The men were 5-of-13 overall but 1-of-7 among non-Division I programs while the women were 12-of-18 overall and 6-of-10 in Division specific standings.
Senior
Job Kemboi led a powerful men's squad as he finished 17-of-117 overall with a time of 15:39.86 and was the top non-DI finisher, besting his nearest competition by nearly 19 seconds. Joining him with a 42-of-117 performance was senior
Cale Pirtle at 16:16.25, good for the third highest Divisional finish. Junior Marcus LaFleur (Douglasville, Ga.) rounded out the top men's finishes, placing 50th with a mark of 16:31.71.
Graduate student
Maia Kuhnen (Trier, Germany) placed an impressive 13-of-159 overall with a time of 14:54.77 and far outstripped her Divisional competition, earning the highest finish in that category by nearly 22 seconds. Senior
Taylor Galvin (Posen, Ill.) posted the next highest finish, coming 45th with a mark of 15:35.49, good for the sixth highest Divisional finish out of a field of 79.
Facing a field that included major Division I foes such as Georgia and Georgia Tech, the men trailed those two programs, as well as Troy and Mercer, in the overall standings in the 5K and defeated Jacksonville State and Alabama State. Their time of 1:22:55.20 was also good enough to best the entire non-DI field.
The women notched a time of 1:28:59.15 to finish 12th overall and sixth in the Divisional standings. That total placed them ahead of a pair of Division I programs in Jacksonville State and Alabama A&M.
Both programs will resume the 2015 schedule next week with a second consecutive night race, this time at the West Georgia Wolves XC Invitational on Friday, September 11. The women will compete in a 5k beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the men to follow in the 8k at 6 p.m.
