East Central University Athletics

Men’s Cross Country Places Seventh at Central Regional Championships

11/19/2022 8:19:00 PM

JOPLIN, MO – The East Central University men's cross-country team competed in the 2022 NCAA Division II Central Region Championships in Joplin, MO this morning. As a team, ECU placed seventh overall out of 30 teams, finishing first out of all the GAC schools represented at the meet.
 
A total of seven Tigers ran the meet today, with three runners finishing in the top 25 and two in the top 100.
 
Oliver Kiptoo paved the way for the Tigers in the 10k race with a time of 29:35.5 to give him a 10th-place^th place finish. Amos Pkiach, the GAC Runner of the year, was close behind, placing 16^th with a time of 29:49.2. Micheal Iyali finished strong at the meet crossing the line at the 30:18.0 mark to finish 24^th overall. This was the first appearance in the Central Region meet for the three runners.
 
Troy Wiles had the next fastest time for the Tigers coming in 63^rd with a time of 31:09.02. Wiles was able to top his previous time by 1 minute and 59 seconds from last year's showing. Gilberto Palomo was the fifth Tiger to finish, coming in 79^th place with a time of 3:23.99.

\Maverick Stephenson and Matthew Norton rounded out the strong ECU effort, finishing 162^nd and 190^th with a time of 33:11.81 and 35:13.89, respectively.
 

Team Scoring Summary                 Score     Scoring Order

1             Missouri Southern           70          1-4-9-15-41(43)(81)

2             Nebraska-Kearney           72          5-6-14-22-25(52)(60)

3             Augustana (S.D.)              99          7-8-12-30-42(66)(152)

4             Pittsburg State                 127        2-3-17-31-74(90)(102)

5             Washburn                          157        20-26-34-37-40(112)(157)

6             Central Missouri              195        11-13-27-47-97(116)(133)

7             East Central                      196        10-16-24-67-79(161)(189)

8             Sioux Falls                          276        39-50-57-59-71(86)(99)

9             NW Missouri                     285        29-36-63-72-85(114)(163)

10          Minnesota-Duluth           296        32-45-69-70-80(160)(170)

11          Harding                              301        28-35-58-87-93(94)(180)

12          Minnesota St-Mankato 310        19-61-65-73-92(123)(137)

13           Fort Hays St.                     314        21-56-64-75-98(121)(129)

14          Univ of Mary                     355        38-48-62-89-118(127)

15          Missouri Western            383        51-53-54-105-120(126)(167)

16          Emporia St.                        409        46-76-88-96-103(142)

17          Rogers State                      443        55-78-82-111-117(130)(139)

18          Oklahoma Baptist            450        18-95-104-109-124(162)(182)

19          Minot State                       488        44-68-107-110-159(171)(177)

20          Ouachita Baptist              566        83-108-119-125-131(151)(158)

21          Northern State                 576        23-33-154-181-185(190)(195)

22          Concordia-St. Paul           580        77-100-101-138-164(178)(199)

23          MSU-Moorhead               603        84-115-122-132-150(166)

24          Winona State                    626        91-113-134-143-145(153)(169)

25          Newman                            670        106-135-140-141-148(174)(176)

26          Wayne State (Neb.)         674        49-136-149-168-172(179)(184)

27          NW Oklahoma State       784        128-144-156-173-183(197)(205)

28          Minnesota-Crookston     837        146-147-165-187-192(200)

29          Upper Iowa                       926        155-188-193-194-196(204)

30          Southern Nazarene         951        175-186-191-198-201(202)(203)