Men's Cross Country Has Best Finish of Year

Friday, October 18

Birmingham, Ala.

9 a.m.

Mercer University

Blazer Classic

Photo by: Michelle Thomas

10/18/2019 4:21:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

By: Jesika Moore

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –The Mercer men's cross-country team finished ninth of 21 teams, best of the season, at the Blazer Classic Meet in Birmingham, Ala.

Mercer's men placed 9^th of 21 team's at the Blazer Classic Invitaional 8k race, held at the Alabama Traffic Safety Center in Birmingham, Ala. The men finished with a total time of 2:09:58, outrunning in-state foe Kennesaw State. Seven of the ten Mercer men ran their best time in their collegiate career. The race was the men's first time averaging under 26 minutes in over seven years, they averaged a 25:59 time. Vladamir Zander-Velloso ran the fifth fastest time for Mercer.

The women ran their first 6k of the season. They finished with a total time of 1:57:40.Ashley McMahon ran Mercer's third fastest performance time in the 6k.

Women's 6K Individual Results
78. Ashley McMahon, 22:32
119. Jerrica Hanson, 23:28
137. Madison Cowart, 23:52
145. Marina Van Sickle, 24:13
156. Ania Grzeszczak, 24:25
178. Whitney Johnson, 25:39
*Women's team record was vacated due to an ineligible student-athlete

Men's 8K Individual Results
39. Vladamir Zander-Velloso, 25:22
53. Sean Parker, 25:52
56. Josiah Jaqua, 25:55
68. Preston Jones, 26:13
82. Robert Zell, 26:34
94. Diego Lavieri Sosa, 26:23
108. Marc Reiser, 27:19
111. Fuad Batteh, 27:25
115. Dalton Hollis, 27:33
131. Chris French, 28:26

Up Next
Both the Mercer men and women will head to Johnson City, Tenn. for the Southern Conference Championships on Saturday, November 2.