Sept. 16, 2017 THE RUNDOWN
DENTON, Texas -- Baylor cross country was crowned the Ken Garland Invitational team champion on both the men and women's sides Saturday morning at Discovery Park, hosted by North Texas.
The Baylor men bested North Texas for the team crown, 31-26, while the Baylor women edged the Mean Green, 38-39. The men win their second-straight team title in Denton after winning the meet last season.
On the men's side, sophomore Devin Meyrer finished second overall in his first meet of the season, running 20:20.0 on the four-mile course. Right behind him was senior Jordan West in third with a time of 20:28.6. The final three scoring runners included: TJ Sugg in fifth (20:46.0), Jeremy Meadows in seventh (20:48.1) and Eric Anderson (20:50.6).
Also competing in Denton were Sam Sahli (11th -- 21:07.7), Sean McCullough (17th -- 21:36.3), Connor Laktasic (18th -- 21:38.0), Seth Brown (24th -- 22:09.3) and Matt Henderson (28th -- 22:34.1).
On the women's side, sophomore Gabby Satterlee led the Bears with a second-place finish on the 5,000-meter course with a time of 18:21.9. Following behind her as a scoring runner were freshman Brooke Gilmore in fourth (18:40.6), sophomores Alison Andrews-Paul (ninth -- 19:38.5) and Hana Marsheck (10th -- 19:39.6) and freshman Madelaine Johnston (13th -- 19:47.8).
Also finishing in the top 25 were Haley Everroad (17th -- 20:10.8), Kasey Kinzel (21st - 20:32.6), Megan Rule (22nd -- 20:34.3) and Lindsay Walton (23rd -- 20:38.8).
TOP QUOTE #1
"Overall, it was a super day for both teams as they came out with wins. I thought they were executing on what we were wanting and running well as a pack. Gabby (Satterlee) ran a really good race, and I thought the middle of the pack did a super job. I thought Madelaine (Johnston) stepped up and had her first big break for us. They did a really good job today." --head coach Todd Harbour
TOP QUOTE #2
"The meet went really well. Our times weren't what we were wanting, but I liked the results considering that. I'm proud of the effort. To run with those times and come out with a win is pretty awesome." --assistant head coach Jon Capron
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will take the week off before heading to Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 29 in South Bend, Ind.
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