Men's Results | Women's Results

TUCSON, Ariz. – The NM State men's and women's cross-country teams made their way to Tucson, Arizona this week for the Annual Dave Murray Invitational, hosted by the University of Arizona.

This was the third meet for both teams as they hit the latter part of their season. Following this meet, there will only be one more meet before the WAC Championships at the end of October, so runners will be looking to take the extra step when competing this weekend.

The men's teams wound up finishing 5th out of six after having one runner place in the top ten. The women's team placed second after having three runners place in the top ten. 

MEN'S RACE

• Anekin Hetman Came in right after Grosch with a time of 24:35.1, finishing 13th overall, and setting a personal record of his own.
• Collins Yego rounded out the top 20 with a finishing time of 25:18.5
• Other runners that raced were Micah Too (25:56.6), Dylan Sanchez (26:21.5), Nick Ortiz (27:13.1) and Nick Allred (28:47.8). 

WOMEN'S RACE

• Thobile Amon (20:44.5) and Thulisile Amon (20:52.0) do everything together, including finish races. The pair of twins crossed the finish line back-to-back coming in seventh and eighth place. 
• Maggie Gibbs and Richelle Sandin also finished the race one after the other. Gibbs finished in 10th, Sandin finished 11th.
• Emily Stutesman (21:18.4) and Kayla O'Connell finished inside the top 20 runners. Stuntman finished 13th; O'Connell finished 19th. 
• Other runners that participated include Vanessa Gracian (22:15.6), Leah Clark (23:03.8) and Jordan Torres (23:56.8).

MENS TEAM RESULTS

1. Arizona – 26
2. Arizona St. – 72
3. UTEP – 76
4. Grand Canyon – 81
5. New Mexico St. – 101
6. Pima CC – 153

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS

1. Arizona - 34
2. NM State - 49
3. Grand Canyon - 60
4. Arizona State - 105
5. UTEP - 124
6. Pima CC - DNP

QUOTABLE | THOBILE AMON

It was exciting running with the girls again. I mean we were so close to each other we got 5 girls in the top 15. My twin sister (Thulisile Amon) and I ran sub-21. I ran 20:44 and she ran 20:52. And the whole team did pretty good we had a couple of the girls run huge PRs too. I think as team we did very well like each race there is a huge improvement and that shows how strong we are as a team. And we finished second as Team!!! That's exciting and it's up from here !!! We are super excited for WAC and regionals because I think we got what it takes to should people who the Aggies are! We are unstoppable, unshakable, like they know us down, but we get up again.

COMING UP NEXT

• NM State M/W Cross Country teams will be back in two weeks when they head to College Station, Texas for the Arturo Barrios Invitational hosted by the Texas A&M. That meet is scheduled for Saturday, October 15. This well be the last meet before both team's head to Nacogdoches, Texas for the 2022 WAC Cross Country Championships on October 29.

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