cross country

Racer XC finishes 8th, 9th at OVCs

Story by Adam Redfern Staff writer aredfern@murraystate.edu The Murray State men’s and women’s cross country teams participated in the OVC championship this weekend, with the women finishing 8th and the men finishing 9th. Seniors Rebekah Priddy and Ida Mutai led the women’s team as they finished 21st and 37th. Priddy’s time of 18:26.9 was also Read More

Track sees improvement at Commodore Classic

Story by Adam Redfern Staff writer aredfern@murraystate.edu The Racers’ women’s cross country team saw several of their members improve their times at the Commodore Classic in Nashville, Tennessee. The meet had 186 runners and 19 teams, including notable power-five schools like Ohio State, Vanderbilt, and Clemson. Murray State finished 17th out of 19th schools, beating Read More

Racers cross country kicks off season

Murray State men’s and women’s cross country teams kicked off their seasons this weekend, traveling to Carbondale, Illinois, for the Salukis Early Bird Invitational. The men finished third out of five, behind Southern Illinois and just four points behind Southeast Missouri, but still bested SIU Edwardsville and Austin Peay. The women finished second in their Read More

Cross-country trains for OVC

Story by Tierra Reese, Contributing writer At the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic, the Murray State cross-country team competed during rainy weather conditions. The men ran in their first 8K race of the season and the women ran in the 5K race. The men’s team finished second to last, putting them in 22nd place. The women finished Read More

Cross-country finishes top five

Story by Tierra Reese, Contributing writer At the 2016-17 season opener cross-country meet in Nashville, Tennessee, the Murray State women’s team finished in fourth place and the men in fifth at the Belmont Invitational on Sept. 3. Vallery Korir, junior from Iten, Kenya, and Mason Swenson, freshman from Phoenix, both individually set personal record times Read More

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