Cross Country Teams Perform Well in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Bethel men's and women's cross-country teams competed Saturday morning at the Rhodes Invitational at Shelby Farms in Memphis. Both teams finished fifth in the event. Twelve teams competed on each side.
On the men's side, Joseph Skoog finished second with a time of 24:55 setting a new men's school record and beating the old record by 35 seconds. He was followed by Cedrion Cook-26th, Stetson Childress 27th as both had times of 27:17. Freshmen Chandler Roberson and San'Darius Coleman rounded out the top five with a 41st and 42nd place finish. Ariel Devoto and Braden Wallace finished 46th and 48th.
On the women's side, Andrea De La Rosa bested her finish at Rhodes from last season (5th) with a 3rd place finish in the 5k race. Monserrat Serrano was the second Lady Wildcat across the line in 22nd with a time of 20:10. Cecilia Tellez finished 41st, Kayla Bennett 43rd Hailey Wallace 51st. Mackenzie Bennett and Allie Chappell rounded out the top seven scorers with 54th and 55th place efforts.
Coach Brandon Kilburn commented, "We had a solid effort today. This is a challenging course but very fair and I thought for the most part we competed well. It's always a good day when a school record gets broken, so I am proud of Joseph for that, and we had several people run a personal best. We will get back to work and head to Terre Haute in two weeks."