SE Cross Country Takes Seventh at the IWU Invitational

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – In the second meet of the season, the Southeastern cross country program claimed seventh at the IWU Invitational with a team score of 230. As a team, the Savage Storm's top-five individuals held an average time of 20:11.
 
The blue and gold beat out Division I Texas-San Antonio for the seventh by two points, and finished on the heels of DII member Texas A&M-Kingsville, who placed sixth with 212 points. Texas won the event with a combined team score of 17, and host Incarnate Word tied with UT-Rio Grande Valley for the next best score at 87 points.
 
Pacing the Southeastern times was Katlen Clem, who crossed the finish line with a time of 19:44.9 to place 47^th individually. Joining Clem in the top 50, Lauren Garza placed 49^th, recording a 19:47.9 at the IWU Invitational. Just on the heels of the duo, Anahi Machuca was next to finish at the 20:10.2 mark to claim 57^th place at the event.
 
Southeastern soon saw a trio of runners all finish back-to-back-to-back with Mireyda Samper first to touch the end line at 20:38.9. Just seconds later, Anjelika Abraham finished in 69^th with a time of 20:40.2, and Ashlen Clem would follow at 20:41.8. From there, Devyn Doakes was next to make it to the finish line, placing 74^th with a time of 20:43.6 and was soon followed by Calibre Keene in 79^th at the 21:04.2 mark.
 
Once again, the Storm would have three runners finish succession to claim 68^th, 69^th and 70^th place individually. First to cross the line was Tatum Cross at 21:08.0, and shortly after, Cassandra Vargas and Genevi Martinez would finish at 21:13.0 and 21:13.7, respectively. After the trio crossed the line, Sarah Coblentz was next to finish, turning in a time of 21:16.7, and was followed by Aereonna Cardenas (91^st) and Naomi Cotero (93^rd) at 21:30.7 and 21:47.9, respectively. McKenna Wood would be the final runner for SE to make it to the finish line, crossing at 22:38.9 to claim 104^th individually.
 
The Savage Storm returns to action on Friday, Sept. 26 at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla., hosted by Oklahoma State.