CHATTANOOGA - Led by junior Enock Langat's ninth-place
finish, Austin Peay State University men's cross country team posted a
third-place finish at the five-kilometer PowerAde Invitational hosted by
Chattanooga, Friday night, at Moccasin Bend Race Course.
The Govs finished with 83 points in the seven-team field.
Host Chattanooga won its season-opening meet with 21 points as all five of its
runners finished among the top 10. Kennesaw State finished second with 38
points, followed by APSU.
Langat ran the five-kilometer course in a personal-best
15:59. He was 47 seconds off the winning pace set by Middle Tennessee's Festus
Chemaoi, who completed the course in 15:12.
Junior Boniface Yator was the Govs second runner across
the line in 18th place overall with a time of 16:19. Sophomore Kosgei was 20th
overall, finishing the course in 16:26.
Following those three runners were junior Evan Collins
(31st, 17:07), freshman Tyler Kepley (35th, 17:11) and sophomore Konner Kessler
(52nd, 17:51).
"I am pleased with our finish
today," said APSU cross country head coach Doug Molnar. "Our first three guys
were right there with one another, which is what we like to see. It was the
first time Enock broke the 16 minute barrier in the five-kilometer, so it was
obviously a good race for him. We also saw Collins and Kepley close the gap on
the three front runners, putting us in a good position to compete later in the
year."
The Govs next compete at the Old Timer Classic, hosted by
Western Kentucky, Saturday, Sept. 18.
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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Place TmPl No. Name School Time
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1 490 Festus Chemaoi MTSU 15:12
2 1 494 Emmanuel Kirwa Chattanooga 15:19
3 2 458 Nathan Haskins Kennesaw State 15:23
4 3 498 Nathan Wanuch Chattanooga 15:36
5 4 492 Lucas Cotter Chattanooga 15:40
6 352 Micah Tirop Unattached-C 15:46
7 5 497 Joshue Vasquez Chattanooga 15:50
8 6 459 Ryan Burruss Kennesaw State 15:55
9 7 317 Enock Langat Austin Peay 15:59
10 307 Josh Moshier Unattached-A 16:02
11 8 496 David Moore Chattanooga 16:03
12 9 449 Piotr Witzack Kennesaw State 16:04
13 489 Chris Mason MTSU 16:07
14 354 Will Rodgers Unattached-B 16:07
15 488 Isaac Biwott MTSU 16:13
16 10 453 Steve Murray Kennesaw State 16:15
17 11 457 Zach Tupper Kennesaw State 16:17
18 12 311 Boniface Yator Austin Peay 16:19
19 13 429 Austin Duckworth Alabama 16:23
20 14 312 Geofrey Kosgei Austin Peay 16:26
21 486 Justin Cacaro MTSU 16:28
22 15 309 Samson Too UAH 16:31
23 16 450 Dylan Swafford Kennesaw State 16:45
24 17 428 Terrell Mickens Alabama 16:48
25 485 Keith Davis Unattached-C 16:53
26 18 432 Evan Kendrick Alabama 16:57
27 19 444 Ashton Fisher Lipscomb 16:58
28 20 427 Nathan Corder Alabama 16:59
29 21 462 Jonathan Preg Covenant College 17:01
30 22 442 Cormac Carolan Lipscomb 17:04
31 23 313 Evan Collins Austin Peay 17:07
32 24 305 Dante Dorsey UAH 17:09
33 25 443 Jonathan Williams Lipscomb 17:09
34 26 308 Mark Temple UAH 17:10
35 27 314 Tyler Kepley Austin Peay 17:11
36 28 455 Andrew Greeson Kennesaw State 17:12
37 500 Andy Highlander Unattached-A 17:13
38 29 441 Andrew Jones Lipscomb 17:17
39 30 440 Ben Wright Lipscomb 17:21
40 31 438 Aaron Todd Lipscomb 17:23
41 499 Jonathan Gambrell Unattached-A 17:25
42 445 Matt Weiden Kennesaw State 17:26
43 32 433 David May Alabama 17:29
44 421 Matt Auers Unattached-A 17:37
45 33 310 Joey Bemowski UAH 17:39
46 34 431 Kenta Nolin Alabama 17:43
47 35 304 Andy Davidson UAH 17:45
48 36 426 Michael Niezgoda Alabama 17:47
49 316 Genarro Martinez Unattached-B 17:48
50 456 Kyle Pearson Kennesaw State 17:49
51 37 437 Cliff Denton Lipscomb 17:49
52 38 315 Konnor Kessler Austin Peay 17:51
53 439 Justin Weise Lipsomb 17:54
54 422 Drew Austell Unattached-B 18:05
55 39 463 Jake Groenendyk Covenant College 18:16
56 434 Philip Brasher Lipscomb 18:24
57 40 465 Jonathan DiGioia Covenant College 18:27
58 41 461 Zach Smith Covenant College 18:54
59 436 Ben Fennell Lipscomb 18:56
60 42 464 Matt Gorter Covenant College 19:07
61 43 400 Zach Barnett Covenant College 19:12
62 44 460 James Veldhorst Covenant College 19:40
63 45 306 Parris Heilman UAH 20:28
64 435 Jonathan Carmody Lipscomb 23:07
TEAM RESULTS
1. Chattanooga
1 3 4 5 8 = 21
Emmanuel Kirwa, Nathan Wanuch, Lucas Cotter, Joshue Vasquez,
David Moore
2. Kennesaw State
2 6 9 10 11 (16) (28) = 38
Nathan Haskins, Ryan Burruss, Piotr Witzack, Steve Murray, Zach Tupper,
Dylan Swafford, Andrew Greeson
3. Austin Peay
7 12 14 23 27 (38) = 83
Enock Langat, Boniface Yator, Geofrey Kosgei, Evan Collins,
Tyler Kepley, Konnor Kessler
4. Alabama
13 17 18 20 32 (34) (36) = 100
Austin Duckworth, Terrell Mickens, Evan Kendrick, Nathan Corder,
David May, Kenta Nolin, Michael Niezgoda
5. Lipscomb
19 22 25 29 30 (31) (37) = 125
Ashton Fisher, Cormac Carolan, Jonathan Williams, Andrew Jones,
Ben Wright, Aaron Todd, Cliff Denton
6. UAH
15 24 26 33 35 (45) = 133
Samson Too, Dante Dorsey, Mark Temple, Joey Bemowski, Andy Davidson,
Parris Heilman
7. Covenant College
21 39 40 41 42 (43) (44) = 183
Jonathan Preg, Jake Groenendyk, Jonathan DiGioia, Zach Smith,
Matt Gorter, Zach Barnett, James Veldhorst
