Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, September 29
Bethlehem, PA
11:00 AM
Marshall University
at
Paul Short Invitational
Cross Country Led by Minor, Garrison at Paul Short Invitational
9/29/2018 6:30:00 PM | Cross Country
Thundering Herd Competed at Lehigh
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BETHLEHEM, Pa.—Marshall cross country competed Saturday at the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University. Over 100 schools and 1,000 runners ran in the meet.
The men competed in the top flight gold division race, and finished 38th out of 41 finishing schools. The women competed in the brown division race and finished 41st out of 43 schools.
In a race that featured 359 runners, junior Alex Minor led the men's team with a 57th place score. He set a new personal record in the 8K with a time of 25:21.
For the women, freshman Madelyn Garrison paced the team for the third consecutive meet with a 6K time of 23:37, finishing 108th. The freshman tied the most recent high of a Marshall freshman leading the team at meets with Adriana Cook who led the team in three meets her freshmen season in 2015.
Following Minor for the men was senior Nick Schmidt with a time of 26:05, finishing in 165th. Freshman Ian Domenick finished third on the team for the third consecutive meet with a time of 27:00, and finished in 246th. Freshman Ryan Vaught ran in 27:33, coming in 271st place. Sophomore Joel Krznaric rounded out the top-five for Marshall, finishing in 27:36 in 273rd place.
Following Garrison for the women was fellow freshman Alexandra Evans who finished 178th with a time of 24:16. Junior Audreana Lewis followed her with a time of 24:58 in 234rd. Junior Mary Kerby finished 251st with a time of 25:11. Junior Abigail Short completed Marshall's top-five with a time of 25:42 in 277th.
"I thought we looked a lot better today than we have in the past couple weeks," assistant coach Caleb Bowen said. "We had a really good block of training the past two and a half weeks. We did take it a little lighter this week just to prepare for this race. The times won't reflect the performance because it was a hotter day and the course was really muddy, but overall it was a good meet."
FULL RESULTS
Men's (8K)
Alex Minor 57th 25:21
Nick Schmidt 165th 26:05
Ian Domenick 246th 27:00
Ryan Vaught 271st 27:33
Joel Krznaric 273rd 27:36
Hunter Deem 276th 27:39
Coy Smith 278th 28:00
Christian Bradford 352nd 28:16
Women's (6K)
Madelyn Garrison 108th 23:37
Alexandra Evans 178th 24:16
Audreana Lewis 243rd 24:58
Mary Kerby 251st 25:11
Abigail Short 277th 25:42
Mary Zulauf 286th 26:31
Allison Short 289th 26:49
QUOTES CENTRAL
Bowen on the men's team
"Being in the gold race, that is always really tough, running up against some of the best teams in the country. I thought we ran pretty well except I think we just need to get out a whole lot faster in the beginning. We were in last place at the mile marker but then we made up some throughout the race, but we need to get off the line faster and make sure we're in a position to run with the best people, we can't just run behind them the whole time."
Bowen on men's standout performances
"Alex Minor ran fantastic, he ran probably the best race he's run as a Marshall athlete. I think he's going to keep progressing and getting better as building off this will be a huge confidence boost for him. Someone who surprised me was Joel Krznaric. He ran by far the best race of his career so far, and it's really fun to see guys who work really hard run well because the hard work is paying off. If he can get up in there and push number three through seven in each race that's going to be great."
Bowen on the women's team
"Audreana Lewis ran really well today. Coming from where she started to where she is now is just so fun to watch her run. Maddy led us again as she's been our consistent number one the past couple of weeks. She ran tough, she went for it. She ran smart knowing it was a 6K and I think it payed off in the end. Her and Alexandra ran well and I think our three through five need to continue to push up and we'll only improve."
Bowen on the talent of freshmen competing well
"It's awesome, it's why we recruited them; to come in and step up and push the older athletes. With us redshirting Adriana [Cook] and Daniel [Green] we need those guys and girls to step up and make the moves. It's going to be a lot of fun as they get older and we continue to bring in better and better freshmen, I think like our current team we'll continue to have good groups of runners."
Alex Minor on his performance
"Today was a good race, we had good weather for once. Lots of competition, there was almost 400 runners in our race and so I thought I was able to go out pretty fast. The only bad thing was that it was really muddy but we got in it and ran fast. Was happy with my time, was able to PR today and the rest of the guys did pretty well so we're pretty happy with it today."
Madelyn Garrison on her performance
"Ran my first ever 6K today and it was a PR and I think I did okay. I'm pretty excited that I was able to experience that."
UP NEXT
The team concludes the regular season on Friday, October 12 at the VertCross Invitational hosted by High Point University. The meet takes place in Kernersville, North Carolina and is set to begin at 4 p.m.
#HerdFamily
Follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @HerdTFXC for more all season long.
BETHLEHEM, Pa.—Marshall cross country competed Saturday at the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University. Over 100 schools and 1,000 runners ran in the meet.
The men competed in the top flight gold division race, and finished 38th out of 41 finishing schools. The women competed in the brown division race and finished 41st out of 43 schools.
In a race that featured 359 runners, junior Alex Minor led the men's team with a 57th place score. He set a new personal record in the 8K with a time of 25:21.
For the women, freshman Madelyn Garrison paced the team for the third consecutive meet with a 6K time of 23:37, finishing 108th. The freshman tied the most recent high of a Marshall freshman leading the team at meets with Adriana Cook who led the team in three meets her freshmen season in 2015.
Following Minor for the men was senior Nick Schmidt with a time of 26:05, finishing in 165th. Freshman Ian Domenick finished third on the team for the third consecutive meet with a time of 27:00, and finished in 246th. Freshman Ryan Vaught ran in 27:33, coming in 271st place. Sophomore Joel Krznaric rounded out the top-five for Marshall, finishing in 27:36 in 273rd place.
Following Garrison for the women was fellow freshman Alexandra Evans who finished 178th with a time of 24:16. Junior Audreana Lewis followed her with a time of 24:58 in 234rd. Junior Mary Kerby finished 251st with a time of 25:11. Junior Abigail Short completed Marshall's top-five with a time of 25:42 in 277th.
"I thought we looked a lot better today than we have in the past couple weeks," assistant coach Caleb Bowen said. "We had a really good block of training the past two and a half weeks. We did take it a little lighter this week just to prepare for this race. The times won't reflect the performance because it was a hotter day and the course was really muddy, but overall it was a good meet."
FULL RESULTS
Men's (8K)
Alex Minor 57th 25:21
Nick Schmidt 165th 26:05
Ian Domenick 246th 27:00
Ryan Vaught 271st 27:33
Joel Krznaric 273rd 27:36
Hunter Deem 276th 27:39
Coy Smith 278th 28:00
Christian Bradford 352nd 28:16
Women's (6K)
Madelyn Garrison 108th 23:37
Alexandra Evans 178th 24:16
Audreana Lewis 243rd 24:58
Mary Kerby 251st 25:11
Abigail Short 277th 25:42
Mary Zulauf 286th 26:31
Allison Short 289th 26:49
QUOTES CENTRAL
Bowen on the men's team
"Being in the gold race, that is always really tough, running up against some of the best teams in the country. I thought we ran pretty well except I think we just need to get out a whole lot faster in the beginning. We were in last place at the mile marker but then we made up some throughout the race, but we need to get off the line faster and make sure we're in a position to run with the best people, we can't just run behind them the whole time."
Bowen on men's standout performances
"Alex Minor ran fantastic, he ran probably the best race he's run as a Marshall athlete. I think he's going to keep progressing and getting better as building off this will be a huge confidence boost for him. Someone who surprised me was Joel Krznaric. He ran by far the best race of his career so far, and it's really fun to see guys who work really hard run well because the hard work is paying off. If he can get up in there and push number three through seven in each race that's going to be great."
Bowen on the women's team
"Audreana Lewis ran really well today. Coming from where she started to where she is now is just so fun to watch her run. Maddy led us again as she's been our consistent number one the past couple of weeks. She ran tough, she went for it. She ran smart knowing it was a 6K and I think it payed off in the end. Her and Alexandra ran well and I think our three through five need to continue to push up and we'll only improve."
Bowen on the talent of freshmen competing well
"It's awesome, it's why we recruited them; to come in and step up and push the older athletes. With us redshirting Adriana [Cook] and Daniel [Green] we need those guys and girls to step up and make the moves. It's going to be a lot of fun as they get older and we continue to bring in better and better freshmen, I think like our current team we'll continue to have good groups of runners."
Alex Minor on his performance
"Today was a good race, we had good weather for once. Lots of competition, there was almost 400 runners in our race and so I thought I was able to go out pretty fast. The only bad thing was that it was really muddy but we got in it and ran fast. Was happy with my time, was able to PR today and the rest of the guys did pretty well so we're pretty happy with it today."
Madelyn Garrison on her performance
"Ran my first ever 6K today and it was a PR and I think I did okay. I'm pretty excited that I was able to experience that."
UP NEXT
The team concludes the regular season on Friday, October 12 at the VertCross Invitational hosted by High Point University. The meet takes place in Kernersville, North Carolina and is set to begin at 4 p.m.
#HerdFamily
Follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @HerdTFXC for more all season long.
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