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Cross Country Continues Winning Ways at UIW Invitiational
The Tigers extended their winning streak at the University of the Incarnate Word Invite, beating out predominantly Division I and II competition.
On the men's side junior Robert Edmonds led the way with a fourth place overall finish. His time of 26:50 for the 8k course places him 10th on the Trinity all-time list. Teammate Zach Brush followed close behind with a personal best of 26:54. Sophomores Sal Perdomo and Francisco Escobedo were the next Tigers in, finishing in seventh and ninth with times of 27:02 and 27:07, respectively. These marks land them 15th and 16th in Trinity's career records. Rounding out the top five was first-year Josh Carter, who also had a personal-best with a time of 27:26. This time places him 20th on the all-time list. The Tiger men edged out Division II rival Incarnate Word by nine points, on the strength of a mere 36 second gap between their first and fifth runners.
For the second meet in a row first-year Rosemary Steup led the Tigers to a first place team finish. She recorded her second individual collegiate win in as many weeks, beating runner-up Sheila Salil of Texas A&M Corpus Christi by an impressive 32 seconds. Her time of 19:15 places her ninth in Trinity history for the 5k. First-year teammates Vanessa Moreno (fifth) and Maddie Murphy (sixth) were only two seconds apart from each other, with times of 19:54 and 19:56 respectively for the 5k course. First-years Jackie Newell and Jessie Dean rounded out the top five with 13th and 23rd place showings. The Tiger women beat out second place Incarnate Word University by a margin of 21 points.
The Tigers will be back in action two weeks from today when they'll travel to Arkansas for the Chile Pepper Invitation. The men will race their first 10k of the season, while the women will race a 6k.
