MAGNOLIA, ARK – Once again, the Golden Suns have outshined the competition winning 1st place at the 2021 Lois Davis Invitational 5k for their second consecutive win of the season.
Tech nearly matched last week's record with six top-10 finishes blocking off 2nd through 6th place – earning their 1st-place team score of 20.
Only 11.2 seconds behind front runner Nieves Megias of Harding, freshman
Calli Beshore led the Golden Suns with a 2nd-place finish at 19.00.8.
Following in the Tech block of runners was freshman
Ashlynn Mays for 3rd at 19.22. Senior
Aubre Gilreath took 4th at 19.28, last meet's champion freshman
Morganne Browning took 5th at 19.36, and finishing the block was freshman
Felicity West taking 6th with 19.43.
Freshman
Maria Diaz-Fernandez capped off the top-ten taking 10th with a 20.13.7 finish. Freshman
Kaelyn Dobbins took 20th at 20.43.9 in a close gap competition with runners from Ouachita Baptist, Southern Arkansas, and Henderson State.
Sophomore
Karina Maravillas took 23rd beating out two Harding runners to stay in the top 25.
Freshman
Kristen Bess took 41st with a 24.04.6 finish.
Coach
Brock Hime says this is a demonstration of what's to come for the Golden Suns, "We are thrilled with our team performance. We were a little fatigued today, as we had a pretty tough week of training. Placing 6 in the top 10 was a good showing on a tough day. The weather wasn't friendly but our ladies showed their grit and determination. The win today will be a turning point for this program. We've got 4 weeks until the GAC Championships. We will get back to work tomorrow and get our eyes on this final training cycle. FIGHT ON!"
The Golden Suns will return to action on February 12th for the Bob Gravett Invitational hosted by Ouachita Baptist.
#FIGHTON
TEAM STANDINGS SCORE TOTAL TIME
1 Arkansas Tech 20 1:37:11
2 Harding 52 1:40:11
3 Ouachita Baptist 76 1:42:26
4 Southern Arkansas 82 1:43:34
5 Henderson State 133 1:51:57
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TECH)
