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CROSS COUNTRY: Southern men take team title—Kimutai, Riddle finish first and second

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Missouri Southern Athletics

Led by performances from Gidieon Kimutai and Ryan Riddle, the eighth-ranked Missouri Southern men’s cross country team placed five runners in the top 23 spots and the Lions took home the team title today at the 33rd running of the Southern Stampede held at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course.

Kimutai and Riddle took first and second place individually as Kimutai won his second career Stampede (2019) with a time of 23:37.21. Riddle, last year’s champion, crossed the 8k finish line in a time of 23:53.69.

JP Rutledge placed eighth with a time of 24:38.72, while Riley Simpson was 19th at 25:16.90. Clayton Whitehead was 23rd in a time of 25:26.07. Jaden Deaton finished 38th in a time of 25:42.44, while Zachary Finley was 45th (25:52.72) and Kelton Sorrell placed 47th in a time of 25:56.46.

Geordan Patrylak (65th – 26:13.02), Gabe McClain (73rd – 26:22.93), Joseph Loth (118th – 27:04.92), Landon Fatino (123rd – 27:09.35), Evan Matlock (142nd – 27:28.02), Nicholas Horton (149th – 27:33.64), Santiago Granados (169th – 28:00.49) and Zaben Barnes (28:02.47) round out the Lions’ scores.

Southern took home the team title with 48 team points. Washburn was second with 88 points, followed by East Central, Central Missouri, St. Mary (Kan.), Missouri Western, Pittsburg State, New Mexico Highlands, Fort Hays State and Emporia State to round out the top-ten team scores.

The Lions will be back in action on September 30 as Southern will compete in the Chile Pepper Festival hosted by the University of Arkansas.

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