Cross Country Runs In Conference Race

Thursday, October 25

New Orleans, La.

8 am

University of Memphis

American Athletic Conference Championships (M: 8k/W: 6k)

Kristen Adams, 2018 Women's Cross Country

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Oct 25, 2018 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

The American Championships (Men's Results)The American Championships (Women's Results)

Tigers race in downpour, muddy course Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS, La. – In a torrential downpour and on a muddy-puddled course, the University of Memphis cross country squad competed in the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championships Thursday. The championships races – men's 8k and women's 6k – were held at The Golf Club at Audubon Park.

The lone senior on each team led the way for the Tigers. Senior Kristen Adams was the women's top finisher, crossing the line in 47^th place. On the men's side, senior Matthew Viveiros was the first Tiger to complete the 8k race in 34^th place.

The Tigers men's squad finished seventh in Thursday's race. The Memphis women's squad placed 10^th.

No Tigers runner set a personal-best due to the deteriorating race conditions. In fact, the men's and women's overall individual champions both ran slower times than their personal-bests Thursday. Wichita State's Winny Koskei, The American women's champion, was over 1:22 slower than her 6k personal-best she set two weeks earlier. On the men's side, Tulane's Emmanuel Rotich's time was over two minutes behind his conference championship-winning time of a year ago.

2018 American Athletic Conference Results

Memphis Men's Team (8k): 7^th (178 points; top-5 finishers count in team score)

Place	Name	Time
34	Matthew Viveiros	29:12.72
35	Zachary Wyatt	29:14.60
36	Payton Gleason	29:17.26
39	Tate Wyatt	29:26.33
44	Matthew Kamph	29:38.69
61	Jessie Boyett	30:41.18
78	Brendan Hill	32:16.45
	Christian Corsello	32:51.02
	Lucas Finton	33:14.19

Memphis Women's Team (6k): 10^th (301 points; top-5 finishers count in team score)

Place	Name	Time
47	Kristen Adams	24:55.17
60	Gabrielle Byndas	25:34.75
61	Paige Sandwell	25:38.87
71	Madi Ray	26:09.33
83	Ashley Peterson	26:49.54
86	Hannah Pettigrew	27:04.49
96	Erin Gilbert	28:16.30
	Solstice Saliba	28:31.07