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AAC Cross Country Championships
ECU Heads To Memphis For AAC Cross Country Championships
October 31, 2019 | Cross Country
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina cross country program makes its way to Memphis Friday for the 2019 American Athletic Conference Championships at Shelby Farms Park. Over 200 athletes from the league's 12 member institutions will compete in the event. The men's 8K race starts at 10 a.m. CT/11 a.m. ET, while the women will run the 6K course at 10:50 a.m. CT/11:50 a.m. ET.
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A live video stream of the two races will be available to view via the American Digital Network on Facebook.
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This season, the Pirate men fashioned a team runner-up result at the Navy Invitational on Sept. 14 and added third-place finishes at the Appalachian State Covered Bridge Open on Aug. 30 and the Pirate Invitational on Oct. 18. Josh Spare guided ECU in fifth place at Navy with a time of 25:30.78, and Ethan Hageman added a fifth-place result of his own at the Pirate Invitational after crossing the finish line in 24:29.43. In his collegiate debut, Chase Osborne paced the Pirates in 12th place (26:12.32) at the Covered Bridge Open.
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The ECU women kicked off 2019 with a runner-up showing at the Covered Bridge Open on Aug. 30 before contributing a race win at the Navy Invitational on Sept. 14 and a third-place showing in the Pirate Invitational on Oct. 18. Nuria Tillo-Prats was the 6K champion at the Navy meet in Annapolis, Maryland, with a top time of 22:21.10, followed by Laura Green (22:38.44) in second, Abby Yourkavitch in third (22:44.69) and Jenna Strange in fourth (22:55.60). Yourkavitch guided ECU in eighth place with a time of 21:30.39 in the 6K at the Pirate Invitational.
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At last year's meet, the women's team finished in sixth place while the men took eighth.
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina cross country program makes its way to Memphis Friday for the 2019 American Athletic Conference Championships at Shelby Farms Park. Over 200 athletes from the league's 12 member institutions will compete in the event. The men's 8K race starts at 10 a.m. CT/11 a.m. ET, while the women will run the 6K course at 10:50 a.m. CT/11:50 a.m. ET.
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A live video stream of the two races will be available to view via the American Digital Network on Facebook.
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This season, the Pirate men fashioned a team runner-up result at the Navy Invitational on Sept. 14 and added third-place finishes at the Appalachian State Covered Bridge Open on Aug. 30 and the Pirate Invitational on Oct. 18. Josh Spare guided ECU in fifth place at Navy with a time of 25:30.78, and Ethan Hageman added a fifth-place result of his own at the Pirate Invitational after crossing the finish line in 24:29.43. In his collegiate debut, Chase Osborne paced the Pirates in 12th place (26:12.32) at the Covered Bridge Open.
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The ECU women kicked off 2019 with a runner-up showing at the Covered Bridge Open on Aug. 30 before contributing a race win at the Navy Invitational on Sept. 14 and a third-place showing in the Pirate Invitational on Oct. 18. Nuria Tillo-Prats was the 6K champion at the Navy meet in Annapolis, Maryland, with a top time of 22:21.10, followed by Laura Green (22:38.44) in second, Abby Yourkavitch in third (22:44.69) and Jenna Strange in fourth (22:55.60). Yourkavitch guided ECU in eighth place with a time of 21:30.39 in the 6K at the Pirate Invitational.
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At last year's meet, the women's team finished in sixth place while the men took eighth.
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