CLINTON, Miss. | Godfrey Kimutai and Collins Kibet finish in the top 11 as both Jackson State cross country teams closed out the regular season at the Watson Ford Invitational on Friday morning.

Kimutai capped off a phenomenal regular season as he finished in third place with a time of 24:37.10 in the men's 8000-meter race, a new personal record for him. Kibet followed behind him with a 25:35.00 time to secure 11th place.

In the women's 6000-meter race, Lorine Jelagat was the first Lady Tiger to cross the finish line with a new personal record of 23:15.10 to earn her 16th place. Five of the six members of Jackson State's women's team finished with new personal records, including Joan Koech and Amara Hawkins-Quinones.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES
1) Mississippi College - 63; 2) East Texas A&M - 88; 3) Union (Tenn.) - 107; 4) Ozarks (Ark.) - 117; 5) Loyola-New Orleans - 178; 6) Texas Lutheran - 196; 7) Mobile - 212; 8) TAMU-Texarkana - 241; 9) McMurry - 267; 10)  Blue Mountain - 320; 11) Northwestern St. - 351; 12) Jackson State - 366


INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
1) Jeremiah Garcia (East Texas A&M) 24:26.20; 2) Aaron Fynaardt (Union) 24:31.80; 3) Godfrey Kimutai (Jackson State) 24:37.10; 4) Josh Shanahan (East Texas A&M) 24:52.10; 5) Joey Jones (Mobile) 24:55.50; 6) Matthew Dunsworth (Ozarks) 25:10.40; 7) Casey Novelo (Unattached) 25:16.10; 8) Christian Balcer (Mississippi College) 25:25.80; 9) Sidney Stegall (Mississippi College) 25:27.70; 10) Duncan Koima (Mississippi Valley) 25:31.80; 11) Collins Kibet (Jackson State) 25:35.00

JACKSON STATE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
3) Godrey Kimutai - 24:37.10; 11) Collins Kibet - 25:35.00; 120) Ber'Narjay Jackson - 28:50.00; 169) Fabian Campbell - 30:54.20; 183) Derrick Eskridge - 32:41.50; 184) Dominic Turner - 32:44.40

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES
1) Mississippi College - 38; 2) Union (Tenn.) - 86; 3) William Carey - 88; 4) East Texas A&M - 144; 5) Louisiana Tech - 174; 6) Ozarks (Ark.) - 188; 7) Blue Mountain - 193; 8) Jackson State - 221; 9) Texas Lutheran - 240; 10) TAMU-Texarkana - 256

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
1) Addi Aguayo (Union) 21:27.80; 2) Lauren Wallace (Mississippi College) 21:57.60; 3) Bre Bell (Mississippi College) 22:05.80; 4) Victoria Markham (Union) 22:09.80; 5) Kristina Stojanovic (William Carey) 22:14.80; 6) Taylor Benoit (Mississippi College) 22:21.80; 7) Darcy Vineyard (UA Rich Mountain) 22:30.50; 8) Mackenzie Combs (Texas Lutheran) 22:32.30; 9) Maria Tirado (William Carey) 22:42.60; 10) Savanna Danner (McMurry) 22:51.80

JACKSON STATE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
16) Lorine Jelagat - 23:15.10; 52) Joan Koech - 25:00.50; 61) Amara Hawkins-Quinones - 25:26.00; 65) Kaylin Jackson - 25:40.40; 105) Stephy Venuti - 27:18.20; 110) Karina Griffin - 27:24.30; 151) Derriana Moss - 32:59.80

MEET NOTES
- Kimutai finished in the top three in every meet this season
- Jackson, Campbell, and Turner all had season-best efforts in this meet
- Jelagat, Koech, Hawkins-Quinones, Jackson, Venuti, and Moss all recorded new personal records in the 6,000 meters

UP NEXT
Jackson State gears up for the final meet of the season at SWAC Championships in Tallahassee, Fla., on Oct. 27.

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