Griffins compete at the St. Louis Fall Cross Country Classic

Fontbonne Men's and Women's Cross Country team competed at the St. Louis Fall Cross Country Classic.

Griffins compete at the St. Louis Fall Cross Country Classic
Results
October 19, 2019

Story written by Sports Information Graduate Assistant, Kylie Lang

 

Meet: St. Louis Fall Cross Country Classic

Location: St. Louis, MO

Results: HERE

 

Fontbonne Men's and Women's Cross Country team both placed eighth as a team while competing at the St. Louis Fall Cross Country Classic this Saturday. Men running a 8k and women running a 5k.

William Carey Men's and Women's Cross Country both earned first place as a team, the men received 36 points while the women had 38 points. Lindsey Wilson Men's and Women's Cross Country team finished right behind them both placing second as a team with 45 and 62 points.

 

 

On the men's side

  • Finishing first over-all was Senior Tyler Alverson with an average time of 5:11 and finishing with a time of 25:50
  • Fontbonne Men's team had an average time of 24:06
  • Fontbonne's Freshman Domenick Blanchette was the first to cross the line for the team placing 36th with a personal-record time of 29:54 compared to his last weeks time of 30:02
  • Next to finish for the team was Sophomore Austin Joyce with a time of 32:30 finishing in the top 50.
  • Next was freshman Keyonn Hall-Baker with 35:20, finishing fourth for the team was Juwan Lee with 36:19, and finishing up for the team was Anh Nguyen.

 

On the women's side

  • Finishing first over-all was Senior Jaden Russell from William Carey with an average time of 6:11 and finishing up with a time of 19:14
  • Fontbonne Women's team had an average time of 36:06
  • Freshman Patience Vandermierden finished first for the team in 29th place with a time of 22:28 making that her new personal best, this was just shy of a minute faster then her last time of 23:26 at the Fast Cats Classic.
  • Finishing not too far behind was sophomore Desiree Brooks in 33rd place with a time of 22:43
  • Graduate Taylor Aurand finished third for the team in 37th place with a time of 23:15
  • Emily Bay was the fourth to finish for the team in 46th place with a time of 24:30 wrapping up the top 50.

 

The squad will be back in action Saturday November 2nd at the SLIAC Championship in Louisville. KY

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