Tuesday, October 24, 2017
PORTALES, NM — The Lone Star Conference released its All-Conference Cross Country Team on Tuesday afternoon. For their performance in last weekend’s league championship meet, Mason Swansonand Omer Almog represented the Eastern New Mexico University teams, among the honorees.
The league honors the top 15 finishers in its championship meet with All-Lone Star Conference status.
Swanson turned in a season-best time of 23:47.69 to register a ninth-place finish at the championships. Almog took 15th in the men’s race, with a time of 27:26.53.
The Eastern New Mexico cross country teams will return to action on Saturday, November 4, for NCAA Division II South Central Regionals. The event will be hosted by West Texas A&M.
2017 LSC CROSS COUNTRY ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS
MEN’S ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS
Place Runner Team Year Hometown
1 Owen Hind West Texas A&M SR London, England
2 Michael Simcho Tarleton State SO Southlake, Texas
3 Ryan Thomson West Texas A&M SR Clydebank, Scotland
4 Jose Ventura IV Texas A&M-Kingsville SO San Antonio, Texas
5 Briggs Wittlake West Texas A&M FR Amarillo, Texas
6 Benedict Westhenry West Texas A&M SR Weymouth, England
7 Laban Kandie Angelo State SO Iten, Kenya
8 Geoffrey Kipchumba West Texas A&M SR Kapsabet, Kenya
9 Justin Botello Tarleton State FR Pflugerville, Texas
10 Jarred Elizondo Tarleton State SO Bandera, Texas
11 Daniel Guerrero Texas A&M-Kingsville SO Corpus Christi, Texas
12 Nicholas Wittkopp UT Permian Basin JR Dove, Texas
13 Jesus Martinez UT Permian Basin SO Crystal, Texas
14 Ruben Guerra UT Permian Basin SO Midland, Texas
15 Omer Almog Eastern New Mexico JR Israel
Men’s Team Champion: West Texas A&M
Men’s Newcomer of the Year: Ryan Thomson, West Texas A&M
Men’s Freshman of the Year: Briggs Wittlake, West Texas A&M
Men’s Coach of the Year: Jake Krolick, West Texas A&M
WOMEN’S ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS
Place Runner Team Year Hometown
1 Kayleigh Jarrett Midwestern State FR Lossiemouth, Scotland
2 Esmeralda Fuentes Tarleton State SO Buda, Texas
3 Erman Jepleting West Texas A&M FR Eldoret, Kenya
4 Kelsey Warren Angelo State SR Hico, Texas
5 Brandi Stalder Texas A&M-Commerce SO Sanger, Texas
6 Gretzel Jimenez Tarleton State SO China Spring, Texas
7 Laura Alicke Texas A&M-Commerce FR Bad Lausick, Germany
8 Nikolina Hrelec West Texas A&M SO Zagreb, Croatia
9 Mason Swanson Eastern New Mexico SO Albuquerque, New Mexico
10 Kelly McCaskill West Texas A&M SO Fort Eustis, Virginia
11 Sara Smith Midwestern State JR Dalhart, Texas
12 Aubri Wrye West Texas A&M FR Estancia, New Mexico
13 Emily Ayers Tarleton State SO Denton, Texas
14 Delaney Locke Midwestern State FR Simi Valley, California
15 Imani Williams Tarleton State FR Richmond, Texas
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Women’s Team Champion: Tarleton State
Women’s Newcomer of the Year: Amy Riera, Tarleton State
Women’s Freshman of the Year: Kayleigh Jarrett, Midwestern State
Women’s Coach of the Year: Pat Ponder, Tarleton State
