Cross Country Claims Second Place Finish at the Rhodes Invite

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In the second meet of the season, the Southeastern Oklahoma State women's cross country program finishes second at the Rhodes Invitational.
 
The Savage Storm ended the event with a team score of 107, ten points better than third-place Division I Memphis. Arkansas State just edged out the Storm for first place with a combined score of 70. Rounding out the top five, Berry University and Centre posted team scores of 144 and 147, respectively.  

Southeastern saw four top 20 individual finishes, led by Ashlen Clem, who paced the side with a 6k time of 24:26.30 for a 19^th-place finish. Just behind, Katlen Clem crossed the line in 20^th with a time of 24:27.01.  
 
Anjelica Abraham was next to make it to the finish line for the Storm at 24:28.32 in 22^nd and was followed closely by Alexis Longoria, who finished 23^rd with a time of 24:28.79. Arden Kesterson placed 29^th at the 6k event with a time of 24:43.19, and Rayla Castillo would cross the line shortly after in 36^th at 24:59.75.
 
Next to make it to the finish line for the Storm was Calibre Keene at 25:11.14 in 45^th. Genevi Martinez (70^th) and Cassandra Vargas (82^nd) posted times of 26:09.04 and 26:39.41, respectively, for the morning race.
 
Andrea Lopez recorded a 27:08.65 for 90^th place, while Devyn Doakes finished 91^st after crossing the line at 27:17.43. Savannah Sandoval soon made it to the finish line at 27:34.64 in 96^th and was later joined by teammate Aereonna Cardenas, who placed 123^rd with a time of 29:20.52. Rounding out the Storm lineup, Delilah Roberts crossed the line at 31:57.37 to finish the event 146^th.
 
Southeastern returns to action again on Saturday, Sept. 28^th at the Chili Pepper in Fayetteville, Ark., hosted by the University of Arkansas.