Men's Cross Country 11/11/2022 7:18:00 PM

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country finishes year at NCAA DI Regionals

MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS

LOUISVILLE – The Northern Kentucky men's and women's cross country programs concluded the 2022 campaign at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regionals at the prestigious E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park on Friday. The men claimed 27th overall while the women placed 28th at the largest race of the season for the Norse.

THE BASICS
RESULTS: Men: 27th (757 points) | Women: 28th (848 points)
MEET: 2022 NCAA Division I Southeast Regional
LOCATION: E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park – Louisville, Kentucky

NOTABLES
- Natnael Weldemichael paced the men's side in 105th-place overall with a mark of 32:10.6. The Horizon League Freshman of the Year finished as the 12th-best first year student-athlete at the meet. It was the first collegiate 10K of his career.
- Kyle Mastin concluded his standout NKU career with a 129th-place finish with a personal best at 10K of 32:44.9.
- The top-five was rounded out by Colton O'Hara (157th, 33:39.9), Nicholas Lee (185th, 34:22.7) and Owen Mathews (190th, 34:40.4).
- Jacob Messer and Jacob Line also competed in a building year for NKU. All seven Norse men posted a new personal best at the 10K distance in today's race.
- The Norse will return their core for the 2023 season, which includes five of seven student-athletes that ran today.
- On the women's side, Megan Cole wraps up her NKU career with a 151st-place finish with a time of 23:13.5
- Jacquelyn Witt was right behind her in 158th at 23:22.6, the best finish for her so far at a regional meet.
- The rest of the top-five consisted of Sophia DeLisio (173rd, 23:47.0), Chloe Boa (203rd, 24:44.1) and Nelle Yankovich (204th, 24:45.0).
- Yasmin Garcia and Hope Erbach also toed the line for NKU. The Norse women will also return a strong core in 2023.
- As groups, the men took 27th with 757 points while the women claimed 28th with 848 points.

MEN'S RESULTS