Ashland, Neb. – Freshman Joaquin Miranda ran a season-best 25:19 as the Friends University Men's Cross Country Falcons posted a 15th place finish at today's (Oct. 24) Blazing Tiger Invite in Ashland, Neb. The Falcon Women came in 18th overall as a team.
After Miranda, Laurenz Steiss (27:11.2) came in 112th and Sam Wright (27:31.7) was 143rd. Xavi Raft (27:37.4) and Brody Whitaker was close behind in 155th out of 412 total runners to round out the Falcons' top five finishers.
Rose Buck (23:37.1) posted a PR to finish in 43rd to lead the Falcon Women, with Lexi Patterson (24:53.1) winding up 111th out of 335 runners. Hannah Cribley (25:08.5) was 125th, while Lydia Walden (25:43.1) came in 163rd and Anabela Perez-Silva (26:50.4) was 236th to finish out the Women's Falcons' top five runners.
Under head coach Tracy Jex, both Falcon cross country programs will now gear up for the KCAC Championship in two weeks (Nov. 7) in Springfield, Mo.
