LUBBOCK, Texas – The Lubbock Christian cross nation squads open the 2022 season at house, competing on the Texas Tech Open on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The ladies will compete in a 6K race, whereas the lads will compete within the 8K. The primary race begins at 8:15 AM at Chaparral Ridge.
The Woman Chaps will look to enhance upon final season, as Lubbock Christian completed the 2021 season putting 15th on the NCAA South Central Regional on their house Chaparral Ridge course. Main the best way for the Woman Chaps was Lubbock native and Cooper H.S. graduate Sky Sena, who got here in as LCU’s prime finisher for the primary time all season. Sena accomplished the course with a time of 23:12.5, putting 81st individually.
Junior Madelyn Merrell was chosen as a runner for look ahead to the Woman Chaps. The Idalou, Texas native recorded a pair of third-place finishes within the 5K final season, starting on the NMJC Invitational, ending with a time of 20:37.7. The following week, Merrell set a brand new private greatest within the occasion and one other third-place end, recording a time of 19:36.0 on the D-II Preview. Within the 6.275K on the ACU Naimadu Traditional, she completed the race with a time of 24:41.7. Merrell closed out the season with a brand new private greatest within the 6K on the NCAA South Central Regional, ending with a time of 23:16.1.
Six different Woman Chap runners return to Hub Metropolis this season.
Final yr, Ayse Allison opened her first season at Lubbock Christian with an 18th place end within the 5K on the Texas Tech Open with a time of 19:44.33. In her first time operating a 6.257K, Allison completed with a time of 24:30.4 on the ACU Naimadu Traditional. The following week, Allison completed sixth on the D-II Preview within the 5K with a time of 19:59.7. Allison closed her 2021 season setting a brand new private greatest within the 6K with a time of 23:15.5 on the 2021 NCAA South Central Regional
Hailey Davis set a brand new private greatest within the 5K on the D-II Preview, ending a career-high twenty second with a time of twenty-two:00.5. In her first-ever 6.275K, Davis completed with a time of 27:56.2 on the ACU Naimadu Traditional. She closed the season operating her first profession 6K on the Lone Star Convention Championships, ending with a time of 27:04.7.
Within the 2021 season, Hailey Lowery set a brand new private greatest within the 5K on the D-II Preview, ending thirteenth with a time of 21:01.8. Every week prior, Lowery had recorded her first profession top-20 end, ending sixteenth on the NMJC Invitational with a time of 21:39.7. In her first profession 6.275K, Lowery completed with a time of 26:36.6 on the ACU Naimadu Traditional. Lowery closed out the 2021 season with a brand new private greatest within the 6K on the 2021 NCAA South Central Regional with a time of 25:22.4
Sena had the perfect season of her profession final yr, setting a brand new private greatest within the 5K on the D-II Preview, ending seventh with a time of 20.04.6. Within the 6.275K on the ACU Naimadu Traditional, Sena recorded a time of 25:16.7. She closed the season setting a brand new private greatest within the 6K with a time of 23:12.5 on the NCAA South Central Regional.
Lastly, Sheyla Vilca appears to compete extra for LCU this season. Vilca ran only one race for the Woman Chaps, ending twenty seventh within the 5K on the D-II Preview with a time of twenty-two:27.5
On the lads’s facet, the Chaps have been predicted to complete tenth within the Lone Star Convention this season. The choice is 2 spots increased than LCU completed on the 2021 Lone Star Convention Championships, with the Chaparrals ending 12th with 258 whole factors within the 8K championship run final season.
Noah Villarreal, who led Lubbock Christian at three of their 4 common season meets in 2021, did so once more on the league championships. He positioned twenty second with a time of 26:41.20, which was his second-best time within the 8K for the yr.
Carlos Barraza was named a runner to look at for the Chaps. The Lubbock native opened the 2021 cross nation season setting a brand new private greatest within the four-mile run on the Texas Tech Open, recording a time of 21:55.7. He then set a brand new private greatest the following week within the 8K on the ACU Naimadu Traditional, ending 14th with a time of 26:22.0. Barraza recorded two extra top-15 finishes for the Chaps, ending eleventh within the 8K on the NMJC Invitational after which ending in a career-best third place on the 2021 Division-II Preview with a time of 26:46.61 within the 8K. Barraza closed out his cross nation season with a brand new private greatest within the 10K on the 2021 South Central Regional with a time of 34:06.8.
Tristan Younger was additionally named an LSC runner to look at for the Chaps. The Gilbert, Ariz. native opened the 2021 season setting a private greatest within the four-mile run with a time of twenty-two:40.9 on the Texas Tech Open. He closed the season with a brand new private greatest within the 10K with a time of 35:19.8 on the 2021 NCAA South Central Regional.
Six extra runners will even return for the lads’s cross nation group this season.
Nathan Goble opened up his profession at LCU in 2021 with a private greatest within the four-mile run on the TTU Open, ending with a time of 24:53.2. His mark of 29:54.42 within the 8K on the NMJC Invitational is his private greatest within the occasion at Lubbock Christian. Goble set a private greatest within the 10K on the 2021 NCAA South Central Regional with a time of 37:54.3.
Like many of the Chaps, Villarreal ran the four-mile run for the primary time in his profession on the Texas Tech Open, ending with a time of 21:10.3. He set a brand new private greatest within the 8K on the NMJC Invitational, ending sixth with a time of 25:54.8. The following week, Villarreal would end ninth general on the D-II Preview within the 8K with a time of 27:19.1. He ended the season on the 2021 NCAA South Central Regional, ending with a brand new private greatest within the 10K with a time of 33:03.8
Riley Webb set his private greatest within the 8K on the NMJC Invitational, ending with a time of 31:35.9. He recorded his profession greatest forty second end on the D-II Preview within the 8K with a time of 32:19.8.
Fernando Villalon additionally returns to Hub Metropolis, however he didn’t compete through the 2021 cross nation season.
Angel Avendano, Joshua Huang, Peyton Lafiette, Dalton Yeoman and Aiden Zingone are all newcomers to LCU for the 2022 cross nation season.
The primary race will start at 8:15 AM at Chaparral Ridge. Followers can comply with together with stay outcomes out there here.
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