GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Shenandoah University Cross Country teams capped off their regular season with 20 personal best times at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational on Saturday at Gettysburg. The women opened the meet with a 15th place finish in a 46-team field, while the men closed out the run with an 8th place finish out of 44 teams.
Women's 6k Race
Madison Chorney led the way for the women with a 36th place finish and a time of 22:29.6, a new personal best for the junior. Her placement earned her team a key 29 points to kick off the scoring.
Katelyn Palmer paced the remainder of the scorers for SU, shattering her personal best this season with a time of 23:57.5 - a better time by over two and a half minutes.
Kailey Lamont crossed the finish line next in the Hornet grouping at 23:59.6.
Arianna Hensley and
Ashley Gambill rounded out the scoring for the Hornets, both marking new best times of 24:03.4 and 24:04.1 respectively.
SU Women's Results (462 Points, 15th Place/46 Teams)
Men's 8k Race
The men raced a similar race to the women.
Brayden Shotwell led the Hornet men, crossing in 37th place with a personal best time of 25:43.5.
Will Ashley led the remaining pack of Hornets who all finished within 7 seconds of each other. Ashley would cross the finish line in 67th place with a time of 26:11.8, a personal best.
Caleb Beiswenger would finish next in 74th place with a personal best time of 26:15.8.
Zack Hamacher and
Kyle Corpin closed out the scoring for the Hornets, finishing side-by-side in 76th and 77th place with times of 26:16.7 and 26:17.7, respectively. Both times for Hamacher and Corpin were also personal bests.
SU Men's Results (300 Points, 8th Place/44 Teams)
(37th)
Brayden Shotwell - 25:43.5
(PB) (37)
(67th)
Will Ashley - 26:11.3
(PB) (60)
(74th)
Caleb Beiswenger - 26:15.8
(PB) (66)
(76th)
Zack Hamacher - 26:16.7
(PB) (68)
(77th)
Kyle Corpin - 26:17.7
(PB) (69)
(113rd)
Brenden Maloy - 26:41.7
(PB) ((95))
(155th)
Chase Busold - 27:08.9
(PB) ((130))
(194th)
Cole Slater - 27:34.3
(PB)
(209th)
Sebastian Berrios - 27:43.2
(PB)
(222nd)
Thomas Warden - 27:52.6
(PB)
(240th)
Isaac Clarke - 28:04.8
(PB)
(275th)
Shane Lyons - 28:27.1
(PB)
(348th)
John Buckley - 29:47.8
UP NEXT
The Hornets return to Kernstown Battlefield for the ODAC Championships scheduled for October 31st. First race starts at 10am and will be live on FloCollege
#GoSUHornets
