Cross Country Wraps Up Action at All-Ohio Championships

Saturday, September 28

Cedarville, Ohio

1 p.m.

Xavier University

All-Ohio Championships

Cross Country Wraps Up Action at All-Ohio Championships

09.28.19 | Cross Country

Women's Results Men's Results

Xavier returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Louisville Classic

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Xavier men's and women's cross country wrapped up action at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday, Sept. 28. The meet was hosted by Cedarville University at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course.

The Xavier men placed 24th out of 38 teams. The women only had three runners competing so a team score was not recorded.

On the men's side, freshman Gabe Warren placed 120th (out of 301 runners) to pace the Musketeers. He posted a time of 28:02.10 in the 8K race.

Sydney Kapral paced the women in the 6K race, placing 91st (out of 282 runners) in a time of 24:31.50.

XU WOMEN

91. Sydney Kapral - 24:31.50
134. Parker Hopkins - 25:21.90
165. Emily Sienna - 26:05.40

XU MEN

102. Gabe Warren - 28:02.10
141. Noah Douthit - 28:20.00
147. Jake Prestileo - 28:34.10
185. Tullus Dean - 29:15.60
199. Matt Mekaelian - 29:34.20

QUOTING COACH ORNER

OVERALL
"The racing conditions were really tough today. It was very hot, humid and there is no shade on that course at all. Both of our teams did a good job of keeping a positive attitude, not letting the conditions spoil their race and putting in max effort. I'm glad we raced and took the opportunity but the results didn't determine as much as I would have liked."

WOMEN'S RACE
"I was really happy with the way Sydney Kapral ran today. She hasn't run a cross country race in over a year and she came out and made the best of this opportunity. She looked really strong through the first two miles and held on well over the last two miles to lead our women's group. Sydney has a ton of talent and if she can build well off this race I'm sure she's capable of being in our top-10 come November."

MEN'S RACE
"Our guys got out well during the first 400 meters which was something we really needed to work on. Although they looked fine at the mile mark, the pace was a bit faster than I would have liked for such a hot day. A few of the guys suffered from the fast pace early on in the end but Gabe Warren was able to manage the second half of the race best to lead the men's team. I liked seeing how hard he fought to hold his spot all the way through the finish although he wasn't feeling great because of the conditions."

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action at the Louisville Classic on Saturday, Oct. 5.