University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Friday, October 18
Kernersville, NC
4:00 PM
UNC Asheville
at
High Point Vertcross Invitational
UNC Asheville Men Finish Seventh at Vertcross Invitational
10.19.2019 | Cross Country
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville's men's cross country team finished the High Point Vertcross Invitational Friday evening with a seventh place overall finish.
There were 147 competitors in the men's race. Thomas Little was the highest finishing Bulldog with a 23rd place finish with a time of 26:04.4. Sage Turner was right on the heels of his teammate with a time of 26.13.8 and a 28th place finish.
Zach Boone secured a 42nd place finish with a time of 26:43.6, while James Clabo ran a time of 27:22.4.
Walker Lezotte and John Ciprich each finished under the 28-minute mark. Lezotte finished the event with a time of 27:54.2, while Ciprich ran a 27:59.1.
Tom Germann finished with a time 28:07.4 and Nathaniel Edwards secured a time of 28:30.1.
Cameron Eure, Jack Clemens and Brock Newsome rounded out the Bulldog finishers in the men's 8k event. Eure finished with a time of 29:23.8 while Clemens finished with a time of 29:52.5. Newsome ran a time of 30:33.0.
In the women's race, India Appleton paced the Bulldog women with a time of 24:23.92 while Madeline Nichols wasn't far behind her teammate with a time of 24:36.76.
Alyx Evans ran a time of 25:01.66 and Samantha Decker finished with a time of 25:52.75. Corey McVay and Morgan Costelloe rounded out the Bulldogs in the race with times of 26:30.87 and 27:18.80, respectively.
UNC Asheville men's and women's cross country will be back in action on Nov. 2 for the Big South Championships hosted by Campbell in Buies Creek, N.C.
There were 147 competitors in the men's race. Thomas Little was the highest finishing Bulldog with a 23rd place finish with a time of 26:04.4. Sage Turner was right on the heels of his teammate with a time of 26.13.8 and a 28th place finish.
Zach Boone secured a 42nd place finish with a time of 26:43.6, while James Clabo ran a time of 27:22.4.
Walker Lezotte and John Ciprich each finished under the 28-minute mark. Lezotte finished the event with a time of 27:54.2, while Ciprich ran a 27:59.1.
Tom Germann finished with a time 28:07.4 and Nathaniel Edwards secured a time of 28:30.1.
Cameron Eure, Jack Clemens and Brock Newsome rounded out the Bulldog finishers in the men's 8k event. Eure finished with a time of 29:23.8 while Clemens finished with a time of 29:52.5. Newsome ran a time of 30:33.0.
In the women's race, India Appleton paced the Bulldog women with a time of 24:23.92 while Madeline Nichols wasn't far behind her teammate with a time of 24:36.76.
Alyx Evans ran a time of 25:01.66 and Samantha Decker finished with a time of 25:52.75. Corey McVay and Morgan Costelloe rounded out the Bulldogs in the race with times of 26:30.87 and 27:18.80, respectively.
UNC Asheville men's and women's cross country will be back in action on Nov. 2 for the Big South Championships hosted by Campbell in Buies Creek, N.C.
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