Men's Individual Results
Women's Individual Results
Men'sTeam Results
Women's Team Results
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Elon men’s cross country runner
Luis Vargas established a new school record at the Southeast Regional meet on Friday afternoon, Nov. 9. Vargas ran for a time of 31:35.37 in the men’s 10K race at the course at McAlpine Park, pacing the men to a 23
rd overall finish. The women finished 16
th overall, the best in program history at the regional.
Vargas posted a 61
st overall finish in the event out of 228 competitors and now holds the record in both the 8K and 10K performances all-time at Elon. The Angier, N.C., native, who earned the program’s first All-SoCon first team honor two weeks ago at the conference championships, ended his sophomore campaign as the men’s top runner in five meets this season. Vargas broke the previous 10K record of 32:10.93, set by Justin Gianni in 2009, by nealy 35 seconds with his performance.
Three other runners on the men’s side also established new personal-records in the race for the Phoenix.
Ben Perron ran for a time of 32:51.33, now fifth best on the all-time list, and placed at 127
th.
Ari Rothschild also ran under the 33-minute mark with a time of 32:57.64, eighth-best on the performance list, and crossed the line at 131
st.
Adam Bernstein established a new personal-record with his time of 33:06.60 and was 136
th.
James Stevenson (33:48.82, 165
th),
Sean Martyn (34:29.13, 192
nd), and
Ryan Gwaltney (34:49.47, 197
th) rounded out the men’s team scores for Elon.
“The men really rebounded as a team after a disappointing finish a few weeks ago at the SoCon meet,” said Phoenix head coach
Christine Engel. “Most of them regrouped and ran more at their fitness level than they did two weeks ago.”
On the women’s side,
Allyson Oram was the top runner for the Phoenix with a time of 21:55.27 and placing 58
th overall out of 255 runners. Freshman
Elyse Bierut ended her strong freshman campaign with an 82
nd finish and a time of 22:14.98 in the race.
Haylee Dawe ran a new personal-best with a time of 22:15.89 and was 85
th.
Emily Tryon was the fourth female runner to cross the line for Elon with her time of 22:28.26 and was 98
th overall.
Tereza Novotna (22:40.12, 118
th),
Christine Pacewicz (22:41.66, 121
st) and
Kaitlin Snapp also competed and scored for the maroon and gold.
“We were a little disappointed on where we finished on the ladies side,” said Engel. “We were hoping to finish more of where we were ranked all season, in the top 13, but we had some great performances and set some new personal-records.”
Virginia took home the men’s team title with 64 points while Duke won the women’s race with 81. Two runners from the Bluegrass State took individual medalist honors with Eastern Kenticky’s Soufiane Bouchikhi on the men’s side and Kentucky’s Cally Macumber for the women.
