TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Men's junior
Salah Farah and women's graduate student
Kynzlei Bassett both delivered all-time top 50 performances as Bellarmine University cross country competed Friday in the Indiana State-hosted Under Armour Pre-National Invitational.
Farah clocked a 24:21.7 in the men's Blue Race at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, which stands as the 14th-best 8k time in program history. He has posted an all-time top 15 mark in all three of the Knights' 8k races this season. Farah placed 111th in the meet's premier race.
Bellarmine's women shifted to a 6k distance for the first time this season. Competing in the White Race, Bassett's 22:11.4 represented the 36th-fastest time in program history. Bassett burst into the 6k performance list in 10th.
With Farah being the exception, Bellarmine's men also competed in the White Race. Sophomore
Jared Fairbanks paced the Knights in 19th (24:58.4) followed by freshman
Henry Kiser (67th, 25:34.8), junior
Ben Hunter (137th, 26:20.8), senior
Chase Austin (145th, 26:29.1) and junior
Malcolm Robertson (149th, 26:33.6) in the top five.
Freshman
Carmen Guerrero (254th, 24:22.1) followed Bassett, and the Knights' top five was rounded out by freshman
Anniston Sewell (265th, 24:42.8), senior
Molly Moore (269th, 24:53.5) and freshman
Gianna Ferreri (272nd, 24:58.1).
The meet was the final regular-season event for Bellarmine. The Knights will now turn their attention to the ASUN Championship, which is set to unfold Oct. 30 in Richmond, Kentucky.
MEN'S 8k BLUE RACE
111.
Salah Farah (24:21.7)
MEN'S 8k WHITE RACE
19.
Jared Fairbanks (24:58.4), 67.
Henry Kiser (25:34.8), 137.
Ben Hunter (26:20.8), 145.
Chase Austin (26:29.1), 149.
Malcolm Robertson (26:33.6), 153.
Jack Ballard (26:41.5), 155.
Sherjeel Khan (26:44.4), 164.
Buzz Christensen (26:59.1), 170.
Landen Fernandez (27:05.9), 171.
Rick Mshindi (27:08.5), 172.
William McCullough (27:09.5), 187.
Nate Wheatley (27:50.7)
WOMEN'S 6k WHITE RACE
90.
Kynzlei Bassett (22:11.4), 254.
Carmen Guerrero (24:22.1), 265.
Anniston Sewell (24:42.8), 269.
Molly Moore (24:53.5), 272.
Gianna Ferreri (24:58.1), 273.
Shaianne Overall (25:02.1), 278.
Katie Schweigardt (25:23.3)
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