Huntingdon men and women open cross country season

OXFORD, Ala. – The Huntingdon men's and women's cross country teams began competition on Friday in the JSU Strut's Season Opener.

The Huntingdon men placed eighth in a 10-team division with a score of 231 and the women were ninth in a 10-team division with a score of 287.

The race featured two divisions, a Red Division for Division I teams and a White Division for Division II, Division III and NAIA programs. Huntingdon and Birmingham-Southern were the only two Division III programs competing.

Notable: Division II University of Alabama-Huntsville won the men's race and the Division II North Georgia won the women's race. The UAH men won with a score of 26 points and the North Georgia women won with a score of 33 points.

Winning Times:

Men: 15:31.60 (5K) – Jeremy Greenwald, Unattached

Women: 14:06.40 (4K) – Nicole Fegans, Unattached

How the Hawks Finished

Men (5K)                                                                                          

Elijah Sarmiento – 18:01.20 (51st of 91)

Nevada Parker – 18:04.50 (52nd)

Sam Larson – 18:34.60 (56th)

Gardner Binion – 20:42.90 (75th)

Milan Branch – 22:58.50 (84th)

Adrian Harper – 23:29.20 (85th)

Women (4K)

Damali Thomas – 20:01.90 (78th of 98)

Mary Stanley – 20:47.30 (81st)

Madison Rackley – 22:16.00 (88th)

Autumn Allday – 22:56.50 (90th)

Dalyla Purifoy – 24:20.80 (92nd)

Kayleigh Blankenship – 29:44.90 (96th)

Coming Up: Huntingdon will run in the University of Montevallo Falcon Classic on Sept. 16.