West Texas A&M's Jeniffer Cherono and Angelo State's Nate Gonzales were named Lone Star Conference cross country Runner of the Week for their performances last week.

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LSC Runners of the Week
Female
Jeniffer Cherono, West Texas A&M University, Jr., Iten, Kenya
Cherono won the Angelo State Blue & Gold Classic, earning her third overall victory in successive weeks (having won last week's Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree and the Incarnate Word Invitational the previous week).  She covered the 5k course in 19:04.00.  In four outings this year, Cherono has finished second, first, first and first.

Male
Nate Gonzales, Angelo State University, So., Wall, Texas/Wall
Gonzales placed 11th and helped the Rams to a third place finish Tuesday at the ASU Blue & Gold Classic. Gonzales finished the five-mile race in a team-best time of 27:05.

LSC Cross Country Notes (Submitted by LSC SID's)
Abilene Christian

Angelo State
Brittney Heath placed seventh as the Rambelles finished in third place at the ASU Blue & Gold Classic on Tuesday. Heath was the Rambelles' top finisher with a time of 20:23 in the five-kilometer run.

Cameron  

Central Oklahoma  

East Central

Eastern New Mexico  
The ENMU men turned in a second place finish at the UTPB Invitational last Saturday, 60 points ahead of their closest competitor. Logan Robertson paced the Hounds with a fifth place finish in the 8k run. Next up for Eastern will be the Lone Star Conference championships in Kingsville, Texas, on October 25th... Eastern New Mexico University    The ENMU women turned in a second place finish at the UTPB Invitational last Saturday, six points ahead of their closest competitor. Yared Gamiz paced the Zias with an 11th place finish in the 5k run. Next up for Eastern will be the Lone Star Conference championships in Kingsville, Texas, on October 25th... For the second time this season, Yared Gamiz paced the Zias, turning in an 11th place performance in the 5k run at UTPB and finishing with a time of 23:20.90. Her effort helped Eastern to place second in the team standings... Logan Robertson led the Greyhounds for the third time in four meets, turning in a fifth place finish in the 8k run at Texas-Permian Basin. His performance helped the Greyhounds place second at the meet, 60 points ahead of the third place finisher.

Midwestern State  

Southeastern Oklahoma

Southwestern Oklahoma

Tarleton State
Men's team placed second overall at the Angelo State Blue & Gold Classic...Jared McNeil was first Texan to cross the finish line with a time of 26:23 in sixth place overall...Women's team finished fifth overall at the Angelo State Blue & Gold Classic... Kymberlee Trnka finished third overall with a time of 19:53.

Texas A&M-Commerce

Texas A&M-Kingsville  

West Texas A&M
The Lady Buffs took top team honors at this week's Angelo State Blue & Gold Classic, marking the second time this season for them to take the overall team win (they also won the Incarnate Word Invitational).  Jeniffer Cherono (junior, Iten, Kenya) won the meet, her third consecutive victory (having won last week's Oklahoma State Jamboree and the previous week at Incarnate Word).  The Lady Buffs placed three runners in the top 12 finishers, with Kristie Hartsfield (junior, Perryton, Texas) and Belinda Castanon (senior, El Paso, Texas) finishing eighth and 11th, respectively...The Buffs placed sixth out of eight teams competing at the Angelo State Blue & Gold Classic.  Jose Velazquez (senior, Hereford, Texas) placed 13th to lead the WT contingent, with a time of 27:31.00 over the five-mile course.  WT had two runners score in the top-20, as Thomas Harris placed 20th with a time of 28:00.00.