The Chicago State men's cross country team placed fifth out of six teams in the University/Collegiate Men's Gold Division of the Loyola Lakefront Invitational today at Lincoln Park-Grove 16, Montrose Harbor in Chicago.
Allan Kipruto paced the Cougars runners with a seventh place overall finish, navigating the 8k course with a time of 26:25.93. On the women's side,
Abigael Limo competed as an individual in the 6k competition and placed 41st with a time of 27:05.28.
Complete team and individual results listed below.
The next action for the men's and women's cross country teams will be Friday, October 14 at the Bradley Pink Classic in Peoria, Illinois at the Newman Golf Course. The men will compete in an 8k race while the women will run a 6k.
Loyola Lakefront Invitational
Lincoln Park-Grove 16, Montrose Harbor
Chicago, IL
University/Collegiate Men's & Women's Gold Division
Women (6K)
1 Purdue Northwest-39
2 Saint Louis-42
3 Windsor-64
4 Loyola New Orleans-75
Chicago State
Place (Score)
Men (8K)
1 Western Ontario-30
2 Purdue Northwest-48
3 DuPage-92
4 Windsor-93
5 Chicago State-108
6 Loyola New Orleans-149
Chicago State
Place (Score)
59 (37)-Kenny Spears, 36:38.63
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioningm to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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