Men's Results Women's Results Season Performance Chart
Kibiwott earned his third top finish of the season, edging out George Yator of conference rival and NJCAA second-ranked El Paso Community College by navigating the 8,000-meter course in a season best time of 24 minutes, 8.60 seconds to win by just under two seconds.
Sophomore Jose Martinez (24:45.85) and freshman Hassan Abdi (24:46.15) joined Kibiwott in the top five, finishing third and fourth, respectively.
El Paso would place their next three runners in sixth, seventh, and eighth, but could not close the gap created by the Texans front running trio as Kelvin Keter (25:35.35) and Colton Hollis(25:39.07) would round out the Texan team score in ninth and 10th to give South Plains a seven point margin of victory.
Victoria Salvadores (19:32.72) led the Lady Texans with a fifth place finish and was joined in the top 10 by Lyndi Hanson (20:08.54), who finished ninth.
Kassidi Jones (20:23.52), and J'Cee Holmes (20:23.88), and Kaitlyn Henderson (22:54.95) completed the team score for the South Plains College women.
The NMJC Open wraps up regular season competition for the Texans and Lady Texans who will next compete at the Region 5 Championships, also hosted at Harry McAdams Park in Hobbs, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 25.
South Plains College will host the NJCAA National Cross Country meet Saturday, Nov. 8 at Shadow Hills Golf Course in Lubbock.
Texan Results
1st Antibahs Kibiwott 24:08.60
3rd Jose Martinez 24:45.85
4th Hassan Abdi 24:46.15
9th Kelvin Keter 25:35.35
10th Colton Hollis 25:39.07
17th Isaac Clark 26:28.43
18th Jacob Clark 26:36.45
19th Randy Dias 27:21.04
29th Carlos James 29:58.22
Lady Texan Results
5th Victoria Salvadores 19:32.72
9th Lyndi Hanson 20:08.54
12th Kassidi Jones 20:23.52
13th J'Cee Holmes 20:23.88
30th Kaitlyn Henderson 22:54.95
33rd Benisse Inamahoro 23:21.33