ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Trinity men's and women's cross country teams both competed against more than 40 teams at the Augustana Interregional Invitational, hosted by Augustana College (IL) on Saturday.
The Tiger women finished 13th among 42 teams in the field, while the 34th-ranked men's team was 17th among a field of 43 teams.
Trinity's top finisher among either team was
Will Salony (Dallas, Texas / JJ Pearce), who finished in 25:17.7 to snag 35th place as an individual. Leading the Tiger women was
Madison Habeck (Lake Jackson, Texas / Clute Brazoswood) with a time of 23:06.2 in 54th place.
Both Tiger teams had three individuals among the top 125 competitors on Saturday. Habeck was followed by
Allison Fortman (McKinney, Texas / Boyd) in 85th place with a time of 23:40.2, while
Paige Tangney (Wilmette, Ill. / New Trier Township) was 90th in a time of 23:45.1.
Ellie Catron (Spring, Texas / The Woodlands Christian) was 120th with her time of 24:01.8 in the race. Five more Trinity women were among the top half of the field of 395 total runners.
Josette Gurule (Santa Fe, N.M. / Academy for Technology and the Classics),
Cali Good (Yucaipa, Calif. / Yucaipa),
Grace Etzel (Friendswood, Texas / Friendswood),
Em Miller (Danville, Calif. / San Ramon Valley), and
Sophia Munoz (Austin, Texas / Austin) were all in the top 200.
On the men's side,
Ben Whittemore (Georgetown, Texas / Georgetown) finished second for the Tigers with a time of 25:42.0 that was good for 69th place individually.
Nathaniel Trevino (San Antonio, Texas / Central Catholic) set a new personal record with a time of 25:47.4 that moves him up to 11th in school history, as well as finishing 85th in today's race.
Diego Flores (San Antonio, Texas / Great Hearts Monte Vista North) was 123rd with his time of 26:07.6 in the race.
Jackson White (Boerne, Texas / Boerne),
Logan Nasky (Irving, Texas / MacArthur), and
Joseph Herlin (Ft. Worth, Texas / Boswell) all finished in the top half of the field of more than 450 individuals.
Coach Speak
"The team went up against the toughest competition they've had to date this season, all while competing in non-ideal conditions," said Head Coach Emily Daum. "They fought hard. We had a good amount of people step up and learned a lot from this meet. Bigger things are on the horizon for these Tigers."
Up Next
Today was the final meet of the year ahead of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships, hosted by Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas, in two weeks. The Tigers will be the first teams of the new school year to compete for conference titles this fall.
