Senior Emilia Mandl, left, freshman Sophia Hamdani, center, and junior Abigail Perez run during practice Aug. 31 at Maverick Stadium.
File photo / General Mason Starks
UTA cross-country won the men’s and women’s races individually and the men’s race as a team in the Gerald Richey UTA Invitational on Friday in Fort Worth.
The women’s team kicked off the morning with a winning time of 16:21.0 from sophomore Dorcas Jepkosgei, followed by sophomore Connie Ndiema in second with a time of 17:17.3 and senior Lauren Baur in eighth with a time of 18:06.9.
The women’s result was rounded out by junior Abigail Perez in 10th, freshman Sophia Hamdani in 16th, and junior Justina Lusby in 17th with times of 18:11.2, 18:28.9 and 18:30.0, respectively.
The women took second place as a team, five points behind Dallas Baptist University, which had four runners in the top 10.
The men’s team followed the women’s performance with sophomores Mateo Doherty and Angel Sanchez taking first and second respectively with the same time of 14:37.9.
The pair was immediately followed by junior Toby Eaton in third with a time of 14:40.7.
The men’s performance was finished out by sophomore Kebede Kerlin in 11th, sophomore Jameson Stewart in 14th and freshman Lucas Whitt in 15th with times of 15:15.1, 15:23.1 and 15:29.3, respectively.
The men took first place as a team, with almost half the score of second-place team and conference rival Abilene Christian University.
The team will take a couple of weeks to prepare for the 38th Annual Chile Pepper Festival at 10:25 a.m. Oct. 3 at Agri Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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