Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, October 3
Louisville, KY.
9 AM
Marshall University
at
Live in Lou Classic
Photo by: Brett Redden
Edwards, Birurakis Pace Herd At Season Opener in Louisville
10/3/2020 10:28:00 AM | Cross Country
Edwards runs fastest women’s time since 2016
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Marshall cross country completed its first meet of the season Saturday at the 19th annual Live in Lou Classic at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park.
Nine Thundering Herd athletes competed Saturday in the college gold division classification, the top race among three college race categories: gold, blue, silver. The Herd faced one conference opponent in Charlotte in men's and women's races predominately filled by ACC and SEC opposition.
As a team, Marshall men's squad, running an 8K race, finished seventh out of seven schools with a point total of 217. The women's side ran in a 5K but did not start enough runners to receive a team score.
Redshirt junior Kyleigh Edwards made her Marshall debut and was the top finisher for the Marshall women's team. The University of Wisconsin transfer finished 31st and ran a collegiate 5K personal record of 17:51.6, which is the fastest cross country 5K by a Marshall women's runner since Adriana Cook's personal record of 17:44.4 at the 2016 Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.
Sophomore Sydney Smith finished 76th with a time of 20:04.8.
On the men's side, Jacob Birurakis led all Marshall men's runners with a 47th place finish and time of 25:28.8, which was less than a second off his collegiate 8K personal record (25:28.6 at 2019 Conference USA Championships).
Sophomore Brett Armbruster recorded his highest career finish for Marshall, coming through next in 57th in 26:17.4. Fellow sophomore Ronnie Saunders came through two spots later with a time of 26:27.1. Junior Christian Bradford finished 60th with a time of 26:38.1.
Freshman Kent Bee in his first collegiate race rounded out the Marshall top-five with a time of 26:57.8, finishing in 62nd.
FULL RESULTS:
Men
47. Jacob Birurakis 25:28.8
57. Brett Armbruster 26:17.4
59. Ronnie Saunders 26:27.1
60. Christian Bradford 26:38.1
62. Kent Bee 26:57.8
65. Joel Krznaric 27:47.0
66. Paul Sepulveda 28:46.9
Women
31. Kyleigh Edwards 17:51.6
76. Sydney Smith 20:04.8
#RiseAsOne
For the latest information on Marshall University Cross Country, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @HerdTFXC.
Nine Thundering Herd athletes competed Saturday in the college gold division classification, the top race among three college race categories: gold, blue, silver. The Herd faced one conference opponent in Charlotte in men's and women's races predominately filled by ACC and SEC opposition.
As a team, Marshall men's squad, running an 8K race, finished seventh out of seven schools with a point total of 217. The women's side ran in a 5K but did not start enough runners to receive a team score.
Redshirt junior Kyleigh Edwards made her Marshall debut and was the top finisher for the Marshall women's team. The University of Wisconsin transfer finished 31st and ran a collegiate 5K personal record of 17:51.6, which is the fastest cross country 5K by a Marshall women's runner since Adriana Cook's personal record of 17:44.4 at the 2016 Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.
Sophomore Sydney Smith finished 76th with a time of 20:04.8.
On the men's side, Jacob Birurakis led all Marshall men's runners with a 47th place finish and time of 25:28.8, which was less than a second off his collegiate 8K personal record (25:28.6 at 2019 Conference USA Championships).
Sophomore Brett Armbruster recorded his highest career finish for Marshall, coming through next in 57th in 26:17.4. Fellow sophomore Ronnie Saunders came through two spots later with a time of 26:27.1. Junior Christian Bradford finished 60th with a time of 26:38.1.
Freshman Kent Bee in his first collegiate race rounded out the Marshall top-five with a time of 26:57.8, finishing in 62nd.
FULL RESULTS:
Men
47. Jacob Birurakis 25:28.8
57. Brett Armbruster 26:17.4
59. Ronnie Saunders 26:27.1
60. Christian Bradford 26:38.1
62. Kent Bee 26:57.8
65. Joel Krznaric 27:47.0
66. Paul Sepulveda 28:46.9
Women
31. Kyleigh Edwards 17:51.6
76. Sydney Smith 20:04.8
#RiseAsOne
For the latest information on Marshall University Cross Country, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @HerdTFXC.
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