LUBBOCK, TEXAS - Eastern New Mexico men's and women's teams had a very successful Friday race. The Race being hosted by a division 1 school brought very good competition to the course, including many Lonestar and RMAC teams.
On the women's side the greyhounds were one of 13 teams, 5 of which were lone star conference rivals. In the race they placed 10th with a score of 260 points beating lone star conference team UT-Permian Basin as well as fellow division 2 team New Mexico Highlands.
The ENMU women's team raced the 6k. Leading the pack for the Greyhounds Chama El-Hadiri Placed 19th with a time of 22:53.7. Coming in next for the hounds in 68th place Maya Garcia Schafer with a time of 25:53.5. Coming in 3rd for the Greyhounds Elsa Tagesson with a time of 25:58.5 and placing 72nd . Coming in next is a pair of Greyhounds in 86th and 88th Elizabeth Lujan-Towles with a time of 27:35.2 and Joella Mathilda with a time of 27:44.8 respectively. The 6th runner for the hounds is Alexandria Renteria who placed 98th and finished with a time of 28:58.0. and round out the pack as the Hounds 7th Runner Valentina Rocabado Salazar finishing with a time of 31:15.6 and placing 103rd.
On the Men's side, the Greyhounds scored 304 points in the 8k race, placing 12th out of 15 teams beating fellow division 2 program Angelo State and division 1 opponent Texas Tech.
The ENMU Men's Program was led by freshman Issac Lacey who placed 50th with a time of 26:37.3, Crossing the line to be the second scorer Rodrigo Pinales with a time of 27:30.0 and placing 70th . The third-place runner for ENMU was Mason Taylor who placed 81st with a time of 27:46.6. coming in next for the hounds in 103rd Erardo Gonzales who finished with a time of 28.20.5. Not far behind him finishing with a time of 28:38.8 Eloy Serrano-Borrego scoring next in 140th Jackson Gable with a time of 30:13.8 and to round out the pack Aiden Ramirez with a time of 31:08.3 and placing 152nd
The course was a very uneven, rough course with two big hills, "As a team we did amazing Said Gable the Junior from Lazbuddie Texas Me myself could have done better but am excited for the next race"
The Hounds next race is the OSU Jamboree at the Greiner Family Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Oklahoma on September 26th.
