Mercer Men Win Strut’s Season Opener 7K

Friday, August 31

Oxford, Ala.

7 p.m.

Mercer University

Strut's Season Opener

Results

Photo by: Christopher Smith

8/31/2018 9:52:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Men's Results Women's Results

Men win season-opening event, women take third place

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

OXFORD, Ala. – The Mercer men's cross country team won the Strut's Season Opener 7K event behind a trio of top-10 individual finishes at Choccolocco Park.

Mercer's women placed third out of a total of 16 teams in the 5K event, rounding out an impressive opening meet for the Bears.

Freshman Scotty McKenzie placed sixth in the men's 7K with a time of 16:00.00 and was followed closely by teammates Sean Parker (seventh, 16:01.10) and Vladi Zander-Velloso (ninth, 16:11.90). Seven men ran the event for Mercer, all of which finished inside the top 31 out of 114 runners. The Mercer men claimed first place with 49 points and finished 28 points ahead of second-place finisher Columbus State (77).

Mercer's women, who placed third behind Kennesaw State (46) and Troy (67) with 98 points, were led by three freshmen. Ashley McMahon (19:36.50), Hannah Corson (20:02.30) and Jerrica Hanson (20:09.40) finished sixth, seventh and 12th respectively in the 5K event.

Men's 7K Team Results (Top Five)
1. Mercer, 49
2. Columbus State, 77
3. Montevallo, 96
4. Troy, 108
5. Kennesaw State, 127

Men's 7K Individual Results
6. Scotty McKenzie, 16:00.00
7. Sean Parker, 16:01.10
9. Vladi Zander-Velloso, 16:11.90
11. Rob Zell, 16:13.50
18. Diego Lavieri Sosa, 16:22.30
25. Chris French, 16:43.40
31. Marc Reiser, 16:59.20

Women's 5K Team Results (Top Five)
1. Kennesaw State, 46
2. Troy, 67
3. Mercer, 98
4. Columbus State, 108
5. Montevallo, 113

Women's 5K Individual Results (Top Five)
6. Ashley McMahon, 19:36.50
7. Hannah Corson, 20:02.30
12. Jerrica Hanson, 20:09.40
35. McKaylin Darsey, 21:11.40
37. Bella Thomas, 21:18.20

Up Next
Mercer's men and women will travel to Nashville, Tenn. for Vanderbilt's Commodore Classic Invitational on Sept. 15.

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