AUGUSTA, Kan. — The first race of the season kicked things off with a promising start as the Newman men's and women's cross country teams each finished first in the team standings at the JK Gold Invitational Saturday morning at the RAFT Golf Course.
Steven Cherigat was four seconds off of the Newman men's record for a 6k race, while nearly every Jet runner for both the men and women better their time from last year's event.
The Jets easily topped the team leaderboard in the non-Division I division, taking six of the top nine individual spots in the men's race. The women did the same, going 1-2 individually.
Full results below include Division I runners.
WOMEN'S RESULTS (4K)
2. Newman; Score: 59 (Non-Division I: 33); Avg. Time: 15:33
Individuals
4. Alondra Romo, 14:56.6
5. Klair Gibson, 14:58.8
19. McKayla Crawford, 15:42.9
20. Terra Flores, 15:44.2
25. Anna Schinstock, 16:23.7
30. Mariela Aldaba, 16:50.9
33. Emily Terrell, 17:29.3
34. Cierra DeVorce, 17:31.6
44. Samantha Rader, 18:39.8
MEN'S RESULTS (6K)
2. Newman; Score: 52 (Non-Division I: 17); Avg. Time: 19:53
Individuals
14. Steven Cherigat, 19:33.8
15. Austin Lavin, 19:45.6
16. Nick Martin, 19:50.5
18. Kenton Weber, 20:04.2
20. Jacob Wallace, 20:12.3
24. Caleb Kile, 20:29.0
33. Austin Rieth, 21:14.7
38. Paul Johnson, 21:35.2
39. Aaron Lindsay, 21:44.4
44. Tristyn Villa (Unattached), 22:18.2
45. Charles DeVorce, 22:34.2
WHAT'S NEXT
The Jets are back in action at 6 p.m. Friday in a dual meet at Emporia State.
