Sept. 15, 2017

Complete Results

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Iowa Central cross country teams finished the 37th annual Michigan State Spartan Invitational by winning both the Men's and Women's Junior College Divisions on Friday afternoon at Forest Akers East Golf Course.  The Men and Women both finished with impressive scores as the Men finished with a score of 19, ahead of 2^nd place Lansing's 49 points, while the Women finished with a near perfect score of 16, dominating 2^nd place and last year's National Champion Lansing's 51 points.    

The Triton men had many impressive individual finishes with Karim Achengli finishing 1^st in a race that included 13 NCAA D1 and D2 teams.  Achengli's time of 24:31.7 was 17 seconds faster than Michigan State's senior runner, Max Benoit, who came in 2^nd.  Jhordan Ccope (25:05.6) was the next fastest Triton as he finished the overall race in 4^th place while also placing 2^nd in the junior college division.  Innocent Murwanashyaka (25:59.2) finished in 23^rd overall and 3^rd in the junior college division.  Mark Whalen (26:45.6) finished 57^th overall and 6^th in the junior college division.  Josh Jacques (26:47.4) finished 60^th overall and 7^th in the junior college division, and Abdinasir Abdi (27:03.1) finished 67^th overall and 8^th in the junior college division. 

The Triton women had a dominating race in the junior college division, with the Tritons finishing in the 1-4, 6, 7, and 9^th spot.    Adva Cohen was once again the leader for the Tritons.  Cohen, who had her shoe stepped on early in the race, ran the majority of the race with one shoe while carrying her misplaced shoe in her other hand.  Despite this, Cohen was still able to finish the race in the 11^th spot overall while finishing first among junior college competitors with a time of 22:02.8.  Agnes Mansaray (22:41.4) finished 32^nd overall while coming in 2^nd in the junior college division.  Marion Bartilol (23:09.6) finished 47^th overall and 3^rd in the junior college division.  Abeba Sullivan (23:18.9) finished 50^th overall and 4^th in the junior college division.  Aaliyah Regg Wajid (23:40.2) finished 60^th overall and 6^th in the junior college division.  Marta Lukijaniuk (23:50.6) finished 63th overall and 7^th in the junior college division, and Katy Pfile (24:21.8) finished 84^th overall and 9^th in the junior college division. 

The Tritons return to action Saturday, September 30^th as they head to the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Oklahoma.