Yentz Earns All-AAC Cross Country Honors

Saturday, February 6

Augusta, Kan.

11:00 a.m.

East Carolina University

AAC Cross Country Championships

February 06, 2021 | Cross Country

Men's 8K Results | Women's 6K Results

AUGUSTA, Kan. – Junior Lindsay Yentz secured all-league honors for the first time in her career Saturday afternoon with an eighth-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships. The meet was contested at the 4 Mile Resort right outside of Wichita.

Both the East Carolina men and women matched their performances in 2019 with sixth-place finishes. Tulsa claimed both

Yentz posted a career-best 6K time of 21:38 to become the first all-conference performer for the Pirate women since Anna Bristle in 2018. Freshman Maddie Hatfield was next across the finish line, clocking in at 22:37 in her ECU debut. Bristle was 32nd while junior Jaeden Phelix ended up in 44th and junior Abby Yourkavitch was 48th.

For the men, sophomore Chase Osborne notched a 17th-place finish with the fastest 8K time of his career at 25:04. Junior Matthew Russell clocked in at 25:36 for a 32nd-place result while freshman Austin Mathews and senior Josh Spare claimed 34th and 35th with respective times of 25:41 and 25:45.

East Carolina returns a bevy of experience for next season, losing no one from this year's squads.