2015 ASC Cross Country Championships

10/28/2015 9:32:37 AM

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START TIMES UPDATED Saturday at 5:45 a.m.!

RICHARDSON, Texas – The 2015 American Southwest Conference Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships are set to run Saturday (Oct. 31) in Tyler, Texas on the campus of the University of Texas at Tyler.

The 2015 ASC Cross Country Championships are the first event in the fall season of the 20th anniversary of the American Southwest Conference.

UPDATED START TIMES!! The men’s 8k race has been delayed by rain to a 9:30 a.m. start with the women’s 6k run slated for approximately 10:15 a.m. following the completion of the men’s race. The awards ceremony will begin approximately 30 minutes after the last race.

The Texas-Tyler men’s team recorded five top-10 team scores including two first-place finishes this fall. The Patriots have won the last five consecutive ASC Championships and nine out of the last 10. Texas-Tyler returns four runners from last year’s team that placed in the top-10 led by defending medalist runner Conner Benson. A two-time ASC Runner of the Week, Benson could potentially become the fifth men’s runner in conference history to claim a second medalist award at the ASC Championship. Benson has two top-five times this fall including a win at the King Campbell Spectacular and will look to become the sixth consecutive Texas-Tyler runner to claim the individual medalist award.

The Texas-Tyler women’s team finished in the top five in six events and recorded four first-place finishes this fall. The Patriots return four runners from last year’s team that placed in the top-10 led by Brittany Brunson who came in third. A three time ASC Runner of the Week, Brunson placed in the top-10 in four events claiming two medalist honors. A sixth-place finish in 2013 and a third-place mark in 2014, Brunson will look to become the third consecutive Patriot runner to claim medalist honors following Carly Kitts (2014, 2014).

In what should be a competitive meet, both the men’s and women’s events return several top-10 runners from the 2014 ASC Championship.

In the men’s 8k race, in addition to Conner Benson, Texas-Tyler returns Matthew Markert, Gerardo Viera and Andrew Hernandez. Landon Price from East Texas Baptist, Clay Smith from Hardin-Simmons, Eddy Jasso and Riley Zoch from Concordia Texas round out the top-10.

In the women’s 6k race, nine of the top-10 runners return for another shot at the title. Following Brunson, Texas-Tyler returns Krista Painter, Rachel Willis and Paige Maly. Texas Dallas, who finished as the Runner-Up, returns four runners from the top-10 led by former ASC Freshman of the Year, Lindsey Rayborn.

The men’s and women’s championship field is comprised of 12 ASC institutions – Concordia Texas, East Texas Baptist, Hardin-Simmons, LeTourneau, Louisiana College, McMurry, Ozarks, Sul Ross State, Texas Dallas and Texas-Tyler. Belhaven and McMurry will run as non-scoring teams.

Notes: No admission charged … The awards presentation will begin approximately at 10:15 a.m … The 2015 ASC Championships are the fourth to be hosted by the University of Texas at Tyler (2006, 2010, 2014, 2015) … The Texas-Tyler men’s team leads the ASC with nine league championships and have won the last five consecutive and nine of the last 10 team championships … The 2015 NCAA Division III Cross Country South / Southeast Region Championships, which are open meets, will run November 14 on the Kernstown Battlefield in Winchester, Virginia … Shenandoah University will serve as the event host … The NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships will run November 21 on the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will serve as host.

2015 ASC Championship Schedule

7:00 a.m.	ASC Championship course open for warmup
8:05 a.m.	Announcements and call to starting line for men
8:15 a.m.	Start ASC Men's Cross Country Championship (8k)
8:50 a.m.*	Announcements and call to starting line for women
9:00 a.m.*	Start ASC Women's Cross Country Championship (6k)
10:15 a.m*.	Awards Ceremony

Approximate times*

Men's Team Champions

1996	Ozarks
1997	Mississippi College
1998	Mississippi College
1999	McMurry
2000	McMurry
2001	Mississippi College
2002	Mississippi College
2003	Mississippi College
2004	Mississippi College
2005	Texas-Tyler
2006	Texas-Tyler
2007	Texas-Tyler
2008	Texas-Tyler
2009	Mississippi College
2010	Texas-Tyler
2011	Texas-Tyler
2012	Texas-Tyler
2013	Texas-Tyler
2014	Texas-Tyler

Men's Individual Champions

1996	Mitchell Wolowicz, McMurry (24:40.5 – 5 mile)
1997	Seth Jones, Mississippi College (31:54.00 – 8K)
1998	David Chandler, McMurry (27:17.70 – 8K)
1999	Tom Hanes, Mississippi College (26:56.20 – 8K)
2000	David Chandler, McMurry (27:31.00 – 8K)
2001	Justin Jernigan, Mississippi College (26:55.38 – 8K)
2002	Braegan Enright, McMurry (27:23.00 – 8K)
2003	Justin Rogers, Mississippi College (27:40.96 – 8K)
2004	Mathew Manning, Mississippi College (27:37.00 – 8K)
2005	Mathew Manning, Mississippi College (25:50.46 – 8K)
2006	Ben Donnan, Texas-Tyler (26:16.00 – 8K)
2007	Ben Donnan, Texas-Tyler (25:46.34 – 8K)
2008	Warren Brown, Texas-Tyler (26:06 – 8K)
2009	Tino Gonzalez, Mississippi College (28:02.32 – 8K)
2010	Jeff Chandler, Texas-Tyler (26:20.00 – 8K)
2011	Ross Renfroe, Texas-Tyler (25:42.30 – 8K)*
2012	Nick Huff, Texas-Tyler (26:12.97 – 8k)
2013	Nick Huff, Texas-Tyler (26:43.73 – 8k)
2014	Conner Benson, Texas-Tyler (26:44.22 – 8k)

8k ASC Championship Record*

Women's Team Champions

1996	Austin College
1997	Mississippi College
1998	Mississippi College
1999	Mississippi College
2000	Mississippi College
2001	Mississippi College
2002	Texas Lutheran
2003	Texas Lutheran
2004	Texas Lutheran
2005	Mississippi College
2006	McMurry
2007	Mississippi College
2008	Mississippi College
2009	Texas-Tyler
2010	Hardin-Simmons
2011	Concordia Texas
2012	Mississippi College
	Texas Lutheran (Co-champs)
2013	Texas-Tyler
2014	Texas-Tyler

Women's Individual Champions

1996	Alisha Rygh, Howard Payne (20:25.00 – 5K)
1997	Julie Schmidt, Mississippi College (23:31.00 – 5K)
1998	Sheila Hynum, Mississippi College (19:40.33 – 5K)
1999	Sheila Hynum, Mississippi College (21:07.10 – 5K)
2000	Nicole Hollifield, Mississippi College (19:29.00 – 5K)
2001	Nicole Hollifield, Mississippi College (19:07.64 – 5K)
2002	Amanda Ward, McMurry (24:50.00 – 6K)
2003	Samara Williams, Texas Lutheran (24:19.89 – 6K)
2004	Samara Williams, Texas Lutheran (24:44.00 – 6K)
2005	Rachel Hardin, Mississippi College (24:09.78 – 6K)
2006	Carla Lewis, McMurry (24:11.00 – 6K)
2007	Magan Saenz, Texas Lutheran (24:16.65 – 6K)
2008	Kellie Kirby, Mississippi College (24:36.60 – 6K)
2009	Carla Lewis, McMurry (25:01.52 – 6K)
2010	Lindsey Hinton, Hardin-Simmons (23:14.00 – 6K)
2011	Alaisha Guerra, McMurry (23:54.18 – 6K)
2012	Nicole Leman, LeTourneau (22:39.95 – 6k)*
2013	Carly Kitts, Texas-Tyler (23:29.20 – 6k)
2014	Carly Kitts, Texas-Tyler (23:10.6 – 6k)

6k ASC Championship Record*

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