Cougars have strong showing at NCAA regional

PEORIA – The SIUE cross country teams completed the NCAA Midwest Regional Friday with Ben Scamihorn, Aly Goff and Emily Ellis all hitting top times for the Cougars.

The meet took place at the Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Illinois. The SIUE men placed 23^rd out of 31 teams overall. The women did not score as a team.

Scamihorn, senior from Marshall, Illinois, Placed 38^th in the men's 10K. His personal record time of 31:55.1 is 13^th fastest in SIUE history.

Also for the SIUE men, Landon Skelly took 90^th with a time of 32:45.2. Liam O'Connell placed 142nd (33:43.9), Austin Woodard 151^st (33:58.9) and Joseph Stone199^th (36:06.40).

Goff, who was honored with All-Ohio Valley Conference second team honors Oct. 27, placed 138^th in the women's 6K at the Regional with a time of 22:31.3. Her time places her 20^th all-time for SIUE in the 6K.

SIUE Freshman Ellis placed 138^th while running the 11^th fastest 6K time (23:27.2) for a freshman in school history. She now owns the second and 11^th fastest freshman 6K times and the 20^th fastest freshman 5K time in SIUE history.

Kassidy Dexheimer (24:04.1) and Gabrielle Wood (25:11.5) took 196^th and 217^th respectively for the SIUE women.

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