Mercer Cross Country Competes at North Alabama Showcase

Friday, September 17

Florence, Ala.

8:30 AM (ET)

Mercer University

North Alabama Showcase

Results (PDF)

Mercer Cross Country Competes at North Alabama Showcase

9/17/2021 4:03:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Men finished 11th, and the women ran 19th

By: Nicole Dennis

Huntsville, Ala. – The Mercer cross country program finished in 11^th (men) and 19^th (women) at the North Alabama Showcase in Huntsville, Alabama on Friday morning. The men averaged 25:51 for the 8K, the second fastest all-time men's average.

"The guys had a great race today and the women improved greatly from the season opener. We know we can perform much better to bridge the gap more at our upcoming races", said head coach Josh Hayman. "Josh and Vladi went for it from the start and were rewarded with big personal bests. Jonathan is still figuring out the distance but worked hard to charge down 16 runners in the last portion of the race. Laney led the way in a big effort for the women. It is always a great day when you are resetting the record books".

WOMEN'S RACE (5K
In the women's 5K, Laney Doster paced the Bears for the second week, finishing in 78^th place. Doster improved her time to 18:55.59, almost seven seconds faster than her first week. Ashley McMahon finished second for the Bears, 122^nd overall. McMahon cut 42 seconds from her time a week prior. Annette Rodriquez (128^th, 19:57.41) dropped 11 seconds and Reese Robertson (132^nd, 20:01.17) cut almost 15 seconds. Calvert finished in 20:24.41 and Jackson 20:40.92. As a team, the Orange & Black finished 19^th with 497 points.

WOMEN'S RESULTS

PLACE	NAME		TIME
78		Laney Doster	18:55.59
122		Ashley McMahon	19:49.16
128		Annette Rodriquez	19:57.41
132		Reese Robertson	20:01.17
144		Jaycie Calvert	20:24.41
149		Penelope Jackson	20:40.92

MEN'S RACE (8K)
Josh Kraver led Mercer for the second week to a 11^th place team finish. Kraver dropped almost a minute from his time, finishing in 25:15.00, his third best of all-time. Vladi Zander-Velloso and Jonathan Greene finished second and third for the Bears for the second time. Zander-Velloso also cut almost a minute from his time, finishing in 25:24.24, his sixth best finish of all-time. Greene cut over 30 seconds of his time coming in 56^th overall with a time of 25:52.27. Reese Cato, finished 78^th (26:17.70) and Connor Kaufman finished 85^th (26:28.74). The men finished with 249 points, placing 11^th overall.

MEN'S RESULTS

PLACE	NAME		TIME
27		Josh Kraver	25:15.00
35		Vladi Zander-Velloso	25:24.24
56		Jonathan Greene	25:52.27
78		Reese Cato	26:17.70
85		Connor Kaufman	26:28.74
111		Sebasthian Rodriguez	27:25.56
136		Will Nash	28:35.66
138		Michael Patterson	28:37.34
159		Chris French	29:50.49

UP NEXT
The Bears will run at the Asics Invitational on October 2. The men will run at 7:50 a.m. with the women to follow at 8:50 a.m.

FOLLOW THE BEARS
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