DAYTON — The University of Dayton cross country teams head to Peoria, Illinois, on Friday to compete in the Bradley Pink Invitational, hosted by Bradley University.
14 men and 13 women are set to toe the line for the Flyers, with racers in both the invitational (Red) divisions and the open (White) divisions. 10 men and 10 women will compete in the Red division for the Flyers. 4 men and 3 women will race in the White division.
Racing in the women's Red race for the Flyers is
Ashley Alsko,
Mia Gill,
Bryn Hothem,
Abigail Jordan,
Olivia Kindbom,
Reese Kohnle,
Cara Mooney,
Anna Newkirk,
Marissa Pritchett, and
Addison Stephens. In the White race is
Bailey Gross,
Sarah Haunn, and
Kaitlin Skelton.
On the men's side, the Red race will feature
Logan Arnold,
Alex Bendaña,
Noah Clemens,
Jacob Finney,
Tyler Giunipero,
Kamden Kramer,
Jameson Maynes,
Owen Pukys,
Jacob Reash, and
Andrew Wilcox. Racing in the White division is
Gerrit Dam,
Jacob Herzog,
James Mroczka, and
Colin Sams.
Both races of the Red division will be streamed on ESPN+.
Start Times
Men's 8k (White): 12:00 p.m.
Women's 6k (White): 12:45 p.m.
Men's 8k (Red): 1:30 p.m.
Women's 6k (Red): 2:15 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Dayton Cross Country returns to the course after a historic performance at the Louisville Cross Country Classic. Five Flyers ran themselves into the record books, recording top-25 all-time marks.
Headlining the strong performances for UD was, once again, Senior
Owen Pukys. Pukys set a new school record of 23:51.4 to finish seventh overall. Freshmen
Kamden Kramer and
Tyler Giunipero both also recorded top-25 marks, finishing in times of 24:41.5 and 25:03.8, placing them 14th and 23rd, respectively, in the all-time ranks. Senior
Jameson Maynes and Sophomore
Logan Arnold both set huge PRs to finish out the scoring positions for the Flyers as the team placed eighth out of 32 teams.
On the women's side, Junior
Bryn Hothem led the Flyers in a 5k PR of 17:41.5, which places her 12th all-time. Senior
Marissa Pritchett was close behind in 17:46.0 for both a PR and 16th all-time.
Addison Stephens,
Anna Newkirk,
Abigail Jordan, and
Mia Gill all also set new personal bests as the Flyers finished 13th out of 31 teams.
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