Cross Country | 10/7/2017 10:07:00 AM

Saturday, October 07, 2017

CANYON, TEXAS — Omer Almog and Coley Norcross registered first and third-place finishes as both the Eastern New Mexico University men's and women's teams finished second at the West Texas A&M Buffalo Stampede. Saturday's meet took place at The Range in Canyon, Texas.

After three top-ten finishes to open the season, Almog took first at the Stampede with a time of 26:33.50. He was followed by five runners from WT, which included runner-up Ryan Thomson at 26:46.71. Garrett Meyer (27:47.53) and Lorenzo Juarez (28:08.12) came in seventh and ninth to round out the top-ten finishers for the ENMU men's team.

For the women's team, Norcross finished third with a time of 24:02.38, more than .10 ahead of WT's Aubri Wrye (24:13.49). Mason Swanson placed fifth at 24:25.03, while Abby Kepfer, Cynthia Tovar and Nancy Rodriguez placed eighth through tenth, respectively.

The Eastern New Mexico University cross country teams will return to action on Saturday, October 21, for the Lone Star Conference Championship meet. The event will be hosted by Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Men's Team, 2^nd place, 8k

Omer Almog	1st	26:33.71
Garrett Meyer	7th	27:47.53
Lorenzo Juarez	9th	28:08.12
Marcel Skalecki	12th	28:30.29
Christian Monroy	14th	28:41.46
Louis Bolander	17th	29:16.38
Benjamin Lantz	22nd	29:42.72
Toby Kirk	23rd	29:57.03
Luis Villasenor	24th	30:37.66
Jaren Brooks	26th	31:09.95
Noah Dodd	27th	32:03.72

 
Women'sTeam, 2^nd place, 6k

Coley Norcross	3rd	24:02.38
Mason Swanson	5th	24:25.03
Abby Kepfer	8th	24:53.57
Cynthia Tovar	9th	25:51.56
Nancy Rodriguez	10th	26:03.92
Anna Parker	14th	27:27.79
Estephanie Mendes	15th	27:43.79
Sierra Quinones	17th	30:05.11