JOPLIN, Mo. – In the first race outside of the state of Texas this season, the Texas A&M University-Commerce cross country team placed 17
th at the Southern Stampede eight-kilometer race hosted by Southern Missouri State on Saturday morning.
Alex Speer (Robinson) has been the fastest-runner for the Lions in each of the three races this year. He won the Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Week award earlier this week and raced to a time of 25:39.3 on Saturday, which is his second-fastest time in 2021.
Just after Speer was
Tanner Townsend (Royse City), who raced to a time of 27:01.1.
Chris Flores (Rocksprings) finished third among the Lion runners with a mark of 27:52.0.
Anthony Gonzales (DeSoto) clocked in a time of 28:25.1, Chris Navarette (Laredo – Lyndon B. Johnson) timed 28:27.7,
Jan Lenfert (Buckenhof, Germany) clocked in a time of 30:13.1.
Mykel Smith (Fort Worth – North Crowley) rounded out the Lions with a time of 30:36.3.
Ryan Riddle and JP Rutledge of Missouri Southern State were the top-two finishers. Riddle recorded a time of 24:14.0 and Rutledge was right behind him with a time of 24:23.2. Pittsburg State took home the team title with a score of 53.
UP NEXT
The Lions are off the next two weeks before heading to Huntsville, Alabama, for the Chargers XC Invitational hosted by Alabama Huntsville on October 9.
