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KANSAS CITY'S MILLER, UTAH VALLEY'S LAMBERT NAMED ALL-REGION
Two WAC men's cross country runners -Kansas City's Bryce Miller and Utah Valley's Tyson Lambert - have been named All-Region by virtue of their finish es at the NCAA Regional meets. Miller placed fifth in a field of 194 student-athletes at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a personal best time of 29:15.0. Lambert ran to a 24th-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Regional with a personal record of 30:55.8. Both Miller and Lambert will compete at the NCAA Division I Championships in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, Nov. 18.
KANSAS CITY, MILLER WIN WAC MEN'S TITLES
Kansas City senior Bryce Miller repeated as the individual champion and the Roos, who tied with Utah Valley with 47 points, repeated as team champions, winning the 2017 WAC Men's Cross Country Championship at the NMSU Golf Course in Las Cruces, N.M. last Saturday. The NCAA tiebreaker rule was used, which compares, in order, the place finish of each of the five scoring members of the tied teams. The team with the majority of winning comparisons shall be awarded the higher place. In the end, UMKC's first-, fourth- and fifth-place finishers helped the Roos win the tiebreaker, 3-2, and repeat as team champions for the second-consecutive year.
Miller covered the 8,000-meter course in 23:47 to win his second-consecutive WAC cross country title. Utah Valley's Tyson Lambert took second with a time of 23:55, followed by teammates Kevin Lynch and Anthony Ocegueda in third and fourth place in times of 24:07 and 24:10, respectively. NM State's Aaron Valenzuela rounded out the top five with a time of 24:13.
NM STATE, KANSAS CITY'S JERMAN WIN WAC WOMEN'S TITLES
Placing two runners in the top four, the NM State women won their first WAC Cross Country title since 2009 as there was also a tie on the women's side for the top spot and the Aggies' UMKC's first-, second- and third-place finishers helped NM State win the tiebreaker, 3-2, over Utah Valley. Kansas City's Mia Jerman won the individual title in a time of 16:56.
The Aggies were led by a second-place finish from senior Crissey Amberg, who covered the 5,000-meter course in 17:02, while Utah Valley's Savannah Berry finished in third place with a time of 17:11. The Aggies' Julia Yescas placed fourth with a time of 17:16, while Kansas City's Sarah Fogarty rounded out the top five with a time of 17:18.