EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Redshirt junior
Alex Hooten and senior
Sierra Oesterling continued carving out more space in the Bellarmine University cross country record books as the Knights competed Friday in the Angel Mounds Invitational at Angel Mounds State Historic Site.
In the final tune-up before the ASUN Championship, Hooten placed eighth in the men's race and his 24:22.06 ranks as the 11th-best 8k time in program history. Hooten has now recorded the program's seventh, 10th- and 11th-best marks all-time this season. Overall, his ledger includes six of the program's top 50 marks in the 8k.
Bellarmine's women competed in their first 6k race this season, and Oesterling produced the 45th-best time in program history after placing 35th in 22:17.73. She now owns four of the program's all-time top 50 6k times.
On the men's side, sophomore
Salah Farah (69th, 25:33.40), freshman
Jared Fairbanks (71st, 25:36.20), junior
Chase Austin (77th, 25:45.26) and freshman
Jack Moutardier (101st, 26:13.52) joined Hooten in Bellarmine's top five.
Redshirt senior
Ellerie Heinzmann (127th, 24:33.78), sophomore
Ginger Atzinger (138th, 24:58.75), senior
Sarah Jacob (144th, 25:25.97) and junior
Molly Moore (149th, 26:02.29) followed Oesterling in the Knights' women's top five.
Bellarmine will compete Oct. 31 in the ASUN Championship at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida.
Bellarmine Men's 8k Results
8.
Alex Hooten 24:22.06, 69.
Salah Farah 25:33.40, 71.
Jared Fairbanks 25:36.20, 77.
Chase Austin 25:45.26, 101.
Jack Moutardier 26:13.52, 104.
Jimmy Dillabaugh 26:15.45, 121.
Landen Fernandez 26:29.80, 128.
Sherjeel Khan 26:34.18, 146.
William Stewart 26:57.09, 151.
Ben Hunter 26:58.85, 163.
Malcolm Robertson 27:12.73, 169.
Dax Noe 27:24.57, 170.
Ian Baker 27:26.48, 190.
Buzz Christensen 28:28.08
Bellarmine Women's 6k Results
35.
Sierra Oesterling 22:17.73, 127.
Ellerie Heinzmann 24:33.78, 138.
Ginger Atzinger 24:58.75, 144.
Sarah Jacob 25:25.97, 149.
Molly Moore 26:02.29, 150.
Cassidy Gilbert 26:05.34
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