RESULTS
 
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Throughout the cross country season, the Aggies have put in countless hours fine-tuning and perfecting their craft, trying to be the best versions of themselves as student-athletes. Tomorrow morning, the culmination of their labor comes to a head at the CUSA Cross Country Championships, hosted by Western Kentucky University.
 
"We are really excited that we get to run against some great competition in a new conference." said Head Coach Joseph Rath. "The teams have progressed well through the season and will be focused on what they can give on the day. It is also pretty fortuitous that we will run the same day our soccer team competes in Bowling Green for their Conference USA regular season title!"

Friday marks the last meet of the season for the Aggies, running at the Riverview Golf Course at Hobson Grove Park in Bowling Green, Ky. – home of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. This will be NM State's first conference meet as members of CUSA, joined by other first-time participants Jax State, Liberty and Sam Houston.
 
The meet will begin with the men's 8k, starting at 8:00 a.m. MT while the women's 6k will follow at approximately 9:00 a.m. MT. Fans can follow along with the results thanks to snapresults.
 
Every team from CUSA will be in attendance – FIU, JAX STATE, Liberty, LA Tech, MTSU, Sam Houston, UTEP and WKU – along with the Aggies. This will be the first time the Aggies will see their conference foes in action, besides NM State's I-25 rivals. During the regular season, NM State and UTEP had identical schedules, sharing the course in every meet this season.
 
NM State Entrants
Men
 

• Nick Allred
• Adams Biwott
• Derick Castellanos
• Thomas Croshaw
• Anekin Hetman
• Diego Logan-Behshad
• Nick Ortiz
• Dilan Sanchez
• Micah Too
• Collins Yego

 
Women

• Thobile Amon
• Thulisile Amon
• Leah Clark
• Murrie Dodge
• Maggie Gibbs
• Vanessa Gracian
• Angela Korte
• Kayla O'Connell
• Emily Stutesman
• Jordan Torres

 
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• Thomas Croshaw proved himself in the men's 8k to begin the morning, improving his time throughout the race, jumping from 65^th through the first 2k to finish 42^nd – among 365 entrants – with a time of 24.08.2, a personal best.
• Collins Yego crossed the line second for the Aggies, posting a time of 24:30.3 to take 76^th. Like Croshaw, this is also a new personal record for Yego, surpassing the mark set at last years WAC Cross Country Championships.
• Over on the women's side of the action, Maggie Gibbs led the way for NM State, tallying a new personal best with a time of 20:32.0 to finish 41^st among 385 participants.
• Thulisile Amon recorded the second-best time of the day for NM State, crossing the line with a mark of 21:03.7. As has been the case throughout their collegiate careers, sister Thobile Amon was not far behind, finishing with a time of 21:09.1 on the day.
• At day's end, the women collected a 20^th place finish with 518 points, while the men finished 26^th with 697.
   

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• The women's team took third at the meet, paced by Emily Stutesman's tenth-place finish, while the men finished 11^th 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.  

 
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