Men's Results | Women's Results
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The NM State men's and women's cross-country teams took their final trip of the season to Texas for the 2022 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Cross Country Championships. The women's team took third at the meet, paced by Emily Stutesman's tenth-place finish, while the men finished 11th led by Anekin Hetman's seventeenth-place finish.
Stutesman earned herself First Team All-WAC, crossing the line with a time of 20:42.4 and setting a new personal best in the process, while Thobile Amon (20:49.3), Thulisile Amon (20:59.2), and Anekin Hetman (24:04.8) earned Second Team All-WAC Honors.
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS | 6K
10. Emily Stutesman - 20:42.4
12. Thobile Amon - 20:49.3
16. Thulisile Amon - 20:59.2
22. Maggie Gibbs - 21:13.2
26. Richelle Sandin - 21:34.6
41. Kayla O'Connell - 22:14.8
54. Vanessa Gracian - 22:49.4
64. Mia Regan - 23:05.2
75. Leah Clark - 23:27.3
WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1. California Baptist
2. Utah Valley
3. NM State
4. Southern Utah
5. Grand Canyon
6. Abilene Christian
7. Stephen F. Austin
8. Seattle U.
9. Utah Tech
10. UT Arlington
11. UTRGV
12. Tarleton
13. Sam Houston
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS | 8K
17. Anekin Hetman - 24:04.8
39. Collins Yego - 24:49.8
63. Dilan Sanchez - 25:28.9
75. Micah Too - 25:40.3
88. Nick Ortiz - 26:26.5
96. Nick Allred - 27:10.1
MEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1. California Baptist
2. Southern Utah
3. Utah Valley
4. UT Arlington
5. Stephen F. Austin
6. Grand Canyon
7. Sam Houston
8. Tarleton
9. Abilene Christian
10. Utah Tech
11. NM State
12. Seattle U.
13. UTRGV
2022 Women's All-WAC First Team
1. Everlyn Kemboi, Utah Valley – 19:33.90
2. Yasna Petrova, California Baptist – 20:03.50
3. Greta Karinauskaite, California Baptist – 20:13.20
4. Irene Rono, Abilene Christian – 20:20.20
5. Carlota Rodes, California Baptist – 20:26.60
6. Maelle Porcher, California Baptist – 20:33.60
7. Hannah Branch, Utah Valley – 20:38.90
8. Anna Mate, California Baptist – 20:39.60
9. Madison Flippence, Utah Valley – 20:40.60
10. Emily Stutesman, NM State – 20:42.40
2022 Women's All-WAC Second Team
11.Madison DeBos, Southern Utah – 20:44.50
12.Thobile Amon, NM State – 20:49.30
13.Maja Dzialoszewska, California Baptist – 20:51.60
14.Haley Tanne, Southern Utah – 20:52.30
15.Maggie Zwahlen, Utah Valley – 20:59.00
16.Thulisile Amon, NM State – 20:59.20
17.Ari Trimble, Utah Valley – 21:01.60
18.Caila Odekirk, Utah Valley – 21:06.40
19.Mazzie Melaney, Utah Valley – 21:06.50
20.Emilia Mikszuta, California Baptist – 21:07.50
2022 Men's All-WAC First Team
1. Said Mechaal, California Baptist – 22:58.60
2. Giedrius Valincius, California Baptist – 23:08.10
3. Arturs Medveds, California Baptist – 23:12.40
4. Isaiah Labra, Southern Utah – 23:15.00
5. Florian Le Pallec, California Baptist – 23:19.70
6. Joel Mendez, Utah Valley – 23:25.30
7. Habtamu Cheney, Utah Valley – 23:32.70
8. Travis Feeny, Southern Utah – 23:43.70
9. Santiago Gaitan, Southern Utah – 23:43.80
10.Joseph Skoog, Grand Canyon – 23:43.90
2022 Men's All-WAC Second Team
11.Austin Hone, Utah Valley – 23:47.80
12.Rikus Van Niekerk, California Baptist – 23:49.90
13.Hayden Harward, Southern Utah – 23:51.40
14.Gudisa Adnow, Sam Houston – 23:58.70
15.Levi Chambers, Abilene Christian – 24:01.20
16.Zlatko Kozuhar, California Baptist – 24:04.60
17.Anekin Hetman, NM State – 24:04.80
18.Lewis Mills, Stephen F. Austin – 24:09.00
19.Massimiliano Berti, California Baptist – 24:13.60
20.Christian Rivera, Sam Houston – 24:15.10
QUOTABLE | THULISILE AMON
"The 2022 WAC Championships in Nacogdoches was a success. Our goal was to get top-three and today we achieved that goal. The weather was crazy, it was rainy and muddy and cold, but we told ourselves that we are strong, fast, and capable. All the girls came in hungry to win, everyone gave it their all. To think all the training and hard work we put in paid off, and it is only up from here for NM State. What an amazing performance for the Aggies once again!"
QUOTABLE | ANEKIN HETMAN
"Our placing at the WAC conference meet doesn't really tell the story of our team. As a team we placed 11th, but we made some huge jumps as a team throughout the season. We were in a rough spot during the beginning and middle parts of the season, but we were able to really pull out some great performances today. Personally I had a 31 second PR which is what coach and I knew I could do all season. Had a huge race from Collins who ran 24:49 as a freshman, which is insane. We are all coming back next year so there's a lot to look forward to. We will be back!!"
UP NEXT
The Aggie men and women's cross-country teams now turn their attention the NCAA Mountain regional in Albuquerque on November 11th. This will be the final meet before the focus shifts to the indoor track & field season in the winter of 2023.
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