ALAMOSA – Both Adams State University cross country teams won their respective divisions at the 31st Annual Joe I. Vigil Invitational Saturday at Cattails Golf Course.
A total of 59 men and 42 women participated in this year races.
The top-ranked Lady Grizzlies won the women’s meet with 18 points. Colorado State Pueblo was second with 46 and Fort Lewis was third with 72. Trinidad State did not record a team score.
Leading the Adams State women was Maggie McCleskey who was the individual champion in 17:12.2. Emily Schoellkopf was second in 17:27.2, Katie Hughes was third in 17:31.6, Precious Robinson was fifth in 17:38.4, Elena Carey was seventh in 17:53.5, Morgan O’Keefe was 11th in 18:06.8, Fiona Hawkins was 12th in 18:25.6,Haley Harkrider was 18th in 19:03.1, Lieke Hoogsteen was 19th in 19:16.9, Clara Keddy was 22nd in 19:32.5, and Megan Garrett was 29th in20:06.1.
The women ran on a standard 5K course, while the men’s race was 8K.
Adams State was first in the men’s race with 27 points, followed by CSU Pueblo with 47 and Fort Lewis with 58. Once again, Trinidad State did not record a team score.
The Grizzlies were led by Kidus Begashaw who was third in 24:24.4. Juan Rosales was fifth in 24:35.8, David Cardenas was eighth in 24:49.8, David Milan was 10th in 24:51.3, Nathan Scherbarth was 11th in 24:55.2, Emil Bezecny was 12th in 25:05.5, Micah Swann was 17th in 25:22.5, Tyman Smart was 18th in 25:27.0, Andy Setser was 19th in 25:27.9, Zak Beckwith was 26th in 25:39.6, Carmelo Corral was 30th in 25:46.9, Kien Cogley was 35th in 26:05.7, and Max Aldrich was 43rd in 26:51.8.
The next action for Adams State will be the Metro State Roadrunner Invitational. It will take place at Washington Park in Denver on Sept. 21.
