JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After a near-decade reign, the king has finally been dethroned.

On Friday morning at Cecil Field, redshirt junior Alex Hooten broke the Bellarmine University men's cross country team's longstanding 8k program record while earning All-ASUN accolades in the process at the ASUN Championship.

Hooten clocked a 23:56.1, which bested the previous 8k program record of 23:59.04 held by Chris Striegel from the 2016 Greater Louisville Classic. Hooten supplanted at the top of the chart the most decorated harrier in men's program history, as Striegel is a Bellarmine Athletics Hall of Famer who was a three-time D2 All-American.

Hooten became the third member of the men's program to garner All-ASUN laurels. He landed on the third team after placing 20th behind his fourth all-time top 12 performance in the 8k of the season. Hooten now owns seven of the program's all-time top 50 marks.

Bellarmine's men had three performances that ranked in its top 50 all-time. In addition to Hooten, junior Chase Austin tied for the 26th-fastest 8k ever (24:44.6) while placing 33rd, and sophomore Salah Farah recorded the 48th-best time in program history (24:54.6) while placing 35th.

Hooten ascended to the top spot on the men's 8k performance list from fifth. Austin burst into ninth and Farah into 12th. Freshman Jared Fairbanks added to a banner morning by cracking the list at No. 17 after posting a 24:59.4 while placing 42nd at the meet. Landen Fernandez, another freshman, completed the Knights top five in 58th (25:33.7).

In Emma Petersen's first season as Bellarmine's director of XC/TF, the Knights men placed sixth (158) of 12, the fifth straight season in which they've finished in the upper half of the ASUN.

Senior Sierra Oesterling recorded her eighth all-time top 50 mark in the women's 5k after placing a team-best 36th in 17:55.0, which is tied for the 16th-best mark in program history. The top-three times of Oesterling's career have come over the last three ASUN meets.

Sophomore Ginger Atzinger (79th, 19:38.9) followed Oesterling while senior Sarah Jacob (81st, 19:44.9), redshirt senior Ellerie Heinzmann (83rd, 19:47.9) and junior Molly Moore (85th, 19:50.7) rounded out the Knights top five.

Lipscomb's women and Eastern Kentucky's men both won their fourth straight ASUN titles.

Bellarmine will compete in the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship on Nov. 14 at Panorama Farms in Earlysville, Virginia.

Bellarmine's Men's 8k Results
20. Alex Hooten 23:56.1, 33. Chase Austin 24:44.6, 35. Salah Farah 24:54.6, 42. Jared Fairbanks 24:59.4, 58. Landen Fernandez 25:33.7, 61. Jimmy Dillabaugh 25:36.0, 63. Jack Moutardier 25:37.2, 66. Ian Baker 25:45.8, 68. Sherjeel Khan 25:51.6, 77. Jack Ballard 26:03.9

Bellarmine's Women's 5k Results
36. Sierra Oesterling 17:55.0, 79. Ginger Atzinger 19:38.9, 81. Sarah Jacob 19:44.9, 83. Ellerie Heinzmann 19:47.9, 85. Molly Moore 19:50.7, 93. Jansen Story 20:25.0, 96. Cassidy Gilbert 20:32.5

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