Kibiwott leads Texan Cross Country to team title at NMJC Open

HOBBS, N.M. – Led by an individual victory by sophomore Antibahs Kibiwott, the South Plains College Texans claimed the NMJC Open team title Saturday in Hobbs with a low score of 27 points. The Lady Texans finished third in the women's team race.

October 12, 2014

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 10^th 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

1^st Antibahs Kibiwott 24:08.60

3^rd Jose Martinez 24:45.85

4^th Hassan Abdi 24:46.15

9^th Kelvin Keter 25:35.35

10^th Colton Hollis 25:39.07

17^th Isaac Clark 26:28.43

18^th Jacob Clark 26:36.45

19^th Randy Dias 27:21.04

29^th Carlos James 29:58.22

Lady Texan Results