Cross Country 9/28/2018 8:57:00 PM

CROSS COUNTRY IMPRESSES AT QUEEN CITY INVITE

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MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Radford cross country team returned to Charlotte for the 2018 Queen City Invite where the men finished 13^th out of 30 and the women took 18^th out of 29 on Friday evening.

In his collegiate debut, freshman Joe Limo impressed with a time of 26:20 to lead the men's squad with a 52^nd place finish. Sophomore Juan Cisneros was right behind him in 56^th thanks to a 8K personal record time of 26:27 which tops his time of 27.20.8 from the 2017 Big South Championships.

Fellow sophomore Pete Decker kept pace with Limo and Cisneros before crossing the finish line in 26:34 for a 60^th place finish. Rounding out the scoring for Radford were sophomore Mak Casey (91^st, 27:27) and freshman Bethwel Cheruiyot (128^th, 28:09) while senior Joe Spriggs (185^th, 30:09) also represented Radford.

On the women's side, it was senior Percie Lyons finished first for the Highlanders. The Kailua, Hawaii native posted a time of 19:14 to place 73^rd in a large field of 262 runners. The time represents yet another PR for Radford on the day as she easily surpassed her 5K time of 19:26 from the same race one year ago.

Freshman Kayland Bond ran a 19:52 to place 102^nd while sophomore Annsley Eckert (157^th, 21:15) and freshman Chloe Phillips (163^rd, 21:21) ran together for most of the race. Freshman Elise Fernandez closed out the day with a time of 22:42 to place 198^th.

MEN'S SCORING
Limo – 49
Cisneros – 53
Decker – 57
Casey – 85
Cheruiyot - 118

WOMEN'S SCORING
Lyons – 65
Bond – 87
Eckert – 126
Phillips – 130
Fernandez - 148

QUOTABLE
"Superb run and leadership shown by Juan Cisneros on the men's side and Percie Lyons on the women's side today. We equipped ourselves well and committed to the races well. We are excited to get back into another heavy block of training leading up to High Point in two weeks and the conference meet after that." – Head Coach Sam Bradley

UP NEXT
Radford returns to the course in two weeks when they run in High Point's VertCross Invitational on Friday, Oct. 12.

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