Cherubet takes first at Gans Creek Classic

Friday, September 29

Columbia, MO

9:00 A.M.

Texas Tech Athletics

Gans Creek Classic

Cherubet takes first at Gans Creek Classic

September 29, 2023 | Cross Country

Results

Juliet Cherubet and Anastasia Chepkorir led the way with a 1-2 finish

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Juliet Cherubet claimed the top individual finish pacing the Texas Tech women, while Vincent Koech led the men finishing second overall Friday morning at the Gans Creek Classic meet.

"It was a great effort by both teams," head cross country coach Jon Murray said. "This is a fantastic course and both groups handled the humidity well."

Cherubet, in only her second race of the season, crossed the end line with a 6k time of 20:16.40 to come away as the top individual placer. Meanwhile, Anastasia Chepkorir who was also running her second race of the year, was right behind Cherubet as she placed second overall with a time of 20:39.00.

Way to go Juliet ?? ??#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/XsDeihuaK1
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) September 29, 2023

"I'm really proud of the 1-2 finish from Juliet and Anastasia," stated Murray. "They both ran patient smart races."

Lily Mather was the third scorer for Tech as she finished 49^th with a time of 22:17.90 (scored 47), Hannah Spears finished 67^th (22:36.50, scored 63) with Taylor Limbaugh (22:38.40, scored 65) placing 69^th, rounding out the scoring for 178 team points -fifth overall. Mather and Limbaugh each recorded personal best (PB) 6k times.

Love seeing the hard work build up and pay off!! What a determined team of ladies we have ????? https://t.co/tWoSSfaIrz
— Taylor (@TaylorLimbaugh) September 29, 2023

On the men's side, Koech and Gideon Kiplimo went 2-3 to pace the Red Raiders. In his 8k season debut, Koech recorded a time of 23:58.10 as Kiplimo was on his heels at 23:59.90. Both TTU runners were in their second race of the season.

"Vincent and Gideon did a good job of being low scorers for the men," stated Murray. "It was an essential part of our team performance."

Isaac Hernandez (24:23.5) finished 11^th, with Daniel Mendez (25:01.80) and Samuel Ashley (25:17.20, scored 48) placing 38^th and 49^th, respectively. The men totaled 102 points for a 3^rd place team finish. Hernandez and Mendez each recorded PB times.

Full results can be viewed HERE.

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