The document provides the weekly cross country awards for runners in the Lone Star Conference for the week of September 28, 2017. Omer Almog of Eastern New Mexico University is named Male Runner of the Week and Jade Guererro of Texas A&M University-Kingsville is named Female Runner of the Week for their top performances. Michael Anzures of Western New Mexico University and Kaycie Cormier of Western New Mexico University are named Male and Female Freshmen of the Week respectively. The document also lists other top performances from runners throughout the conference.

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LONE STAR CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY WEEKLY RELEASE
September 28, 2017
RUNNER OF THE WEEK
MALE
Omer Almog, Eastern New Mexico University, JR, Israel, Iowa Central Community College
Almog led the Greyhounds to a second-place finish at the New Mexico Highlands Cross Country Jam. He registered a
fourth-place finish in the 8k run with a season-best time of 25:22.
FEMALE
Jade Guererro, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, JR, Corpus Christi, King High School
Guerrero completed the 6k course at the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station, Texas. She finished in 24:01.7, the
10th fastest time in TAMUK's history. Guerrero finished 95th in the race featuring 16 NCAA Division I programs.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
MALE
Michael Anzures, Western New Mexico, FR, Seboyeta, N.M., Grants
Anures finished third on the team at the Coyote Challenge in San Bernardino, Calif. He posted a time of 27:04.2 to come
in 41st in the 8k race.
FEMALE
Kaycie Cormier, Western New Mexico, FR, Douglas, Ariz., Douglas
Cormier was the second one across for the Lady Mustangs at the Coyote Challenge in San Bernardino, Calif. She posted
a time of 20:12.0 to place 72nd in the 5k race.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Male
S-14 Laban Kandie, Angelo State
S-21 Ryan Thomson, West Texas A&M
S-28 Omer Almog, Eastern New Mexico
Male Freshman
S-14 Justin Botello, Tarleton State
S-21 Briggs Wittlake, West Texas A&M
S-28 Michael Anzures, Western New Mexico

2. Female
S-14 Nikolina Hrelec, West Texas A&M
S-21 Kayleigh Jarrett, Midwestern State
S-28 Jade Guererro, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Female Freshman
S-14 Erman Jepleting, West Texas A&M
S-21 Laura Alicke, Texas A&M-Commerce
S-28 Kaycie Cormier, Western New Mexico
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Dorian Carrasco, Western New Mexico, ran to a new person record time of 26:10.1 during the 8k race in San
Bernardino. He posted an average mile time of 5:15.9 and placed 20th in helping the Mustangs to a seventh-place finish.
Jose Ventura IV, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, competing at the Texas A&M Invitational in a field that included
16 Division I schools, posted the fifth fastest 8k time in school history. The sophomore clocked in at 25.29.1, the quickest
mark among all non-Division I athletes in College Station. He also finished ahead of 90 student-athletes from Division I
programs.
Laban Kandie, Angelo State University, was his third consecutive race at the Islander Classic. The sophomore ran
19:26 over the 4-mile race. It is his second win this season.
Amy Farfan, Western New Mexico, paced the Lady Mustangs with a time of 19:56.6 in the 5k race. Farfan placed
57th as WNMU came in 10th as a team in San Bernardino.
Kelsey Warren, Angelo State University, recorded her third straight top-five finish of the season at the Islander
Classic. She ran 19:39 over 5K to place second overall. She has placed in the top five in all three races this season.
Coley Norcross, Eastern New Mexico University, was ENMU's top finisher at Saturday's New Mexico Highlands Cross
Country Jam. Her fifth-place performance at 19:59 paced ENMU to a second-place finish.
Cynthia Tovar, Eastern New Mexico University, completed the 5k run with a time of 21:54 at the New Mexico
Highlands Cross Country Jam. She placed 46th in the race.
LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
Cameron
Eastern New Mexico
Coley Norcross and Omer Almog registered strong performances at the New Mexico Highlands University Cross Country
Jam on Saturday, to pace the Eastern New Mexico cross country teams to second-place finishes. The event marked the
second competition of the season for the Hounds.
The Greyhound women earned 44 points and finished behind Colorado College's 33 point total. NMHU took third with
48 points. The Greyhound men earned 63 points to finish behind South Plains (17 points). Colorado College (73 points)
and New Mexico Highlands (81 points) placed third and fourth, respectively.
Almog's fourth-place finish in the 8k run came at 25:22. He edged Benjamin Ronoh from South Plains College by more
than 30 seconds. Almog was the lone runner in the top six that was not competing from meet champions South Plains.
Garrett Meyer and Lorenzo Juarez finished 12th and 13th at 27:01 and 27:26, respectively.
Norcross time of 19:59 earned a fifth-place finish. She edge NMHU's Natalie Marrujo by just six seconds. Abby Kepfer

3. and Mason Swanson placed eighth and ninth with times of 20:28 and 20:38, respectively.
ENMU returns to action on Friday, September 29th, for the New Mexico Junior College Invitational.
Midwestern State
Tarleton State
Texas A&M-Commerce
Texas A&M-Kingsville
UT Permian Basin
West Texas A&M
Western New Mexico
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4. LSC MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TOP TIMES (AS OF 9/28/2017)
Runner School Meet Distance Time
Celso Ramirez Cameron University SWOSU Open 5.1 Mile 27:19.10
Maxime Icart Cameron University SWOSU Open 5.1 Mile 27:25.20
Marvin Dierker Cameron University SWOSU Open 5.1 Mile 27:41.30
Eduardo Gutierrez Cameron University SWOSU Open 5.1 Mile 27:55.80
Ryan Thomson West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 25:00.61
Omer Almog Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 25:22
Briggs Wittlake West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 25:25.98
Owen Hind West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 25:53.45
Reid Splawn West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 26:36.95
Jacob Suchors West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 26:46.50
Geoffrey Kipchumba West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 26:48.54
Garrett Meyer Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 27:01
Evan Luecke Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 27:09.04
Trevor Montgomery Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 27:14.47
Lorenzo Juarez Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 27:26
Christian Monroy Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 27:41
Tate McMillan Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 27:42.51
Mason Boswell Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 27:51.25
Edwin Aparicio Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 27:55.94
Marcel Skalecki Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 27:58
Antonio Chavez Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 28:09.35
Louis Bolander Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 28:21
Trenton Vanhuss West Texas A&M University Texas Tech Open 8K 28:36.20
Benjamin Lantz Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 28:37
Danny Castillo West Texas A&M University Texas Tech Open 8K 28:55.90
Alexis Martinez Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 29:12.43
Toby Kirk Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 8k 29:19
Peyton Roberts West Texas A&M University Texas Tech Open 8K 29:19.10
Luis Villasenor Eastern New Mexico University Texas Tech Open 8k 30:49.50
Daniel Montiel Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 8K 31:46.95
Jaren Brooks Eastern New Mexico University Texas Tech Open 8k 33:06.30
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5. LSC WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TOP TIMES (AS OF 9/28/2017)
Runner School Meet Distance Time
Nikolina Hrelec West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 18:14.83
Brandi Stalder Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 18:39.80
Erman Jepleting West Texas A&M University Texas Tech Open 5K 18:41.20
Laura Alicke Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 18:46.07
Kelly McCaskill West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 18:59.14
Mallory Shehan West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 18:59.53
Aubri Wrye West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 19:06.21
Jasmine Amo Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 19:21.93
Maddie Shubert Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 19:21.93
Coley Norcross Eastern New Mexico University Texas Tech Open 5k 19:48.80
Mikayla Maldonado Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 20:11.30
Abby Kepfer Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 5k 20:28
Hannah Jenkins West Texas A&M University MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 20:31.04
Cassidy High West Texas A&M University Texas Tech Open 5K 20:32.40
Mason Swanson Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 5k 20:38
Cynthia Tovar Eastern New Mexico University Texas Tech Open 5k 20:46.60
Morgan Mallory Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 21:04.20
Nancy Rodriguez Eastern New Mexico University Texas Tech Open 5k 21:37.00
Sierra Quinones Eastern New Mexico University Texas Tech Open 5k 21:55.50
Shelby White Texas A&M University-Commerce MSSU Southern Stampede 5K 22:49.04
Anna Parker Eastern New Mexico University New Mexico Highlands Jam 5k 23:20
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