Texans finish second, Lady Texans third at NMHU Jamboree

September 30, 2013

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Led by a second place finish by freshmanJose Martinez, the South Plains College Texan cross country team finished second in the team standings with 41 points at the New Mexico Highlands Jamboree Saturday at the Gene Torres Golf Course.

Martinez completed the 8,000-meter course with a season best time of 25 minutes, 22.80 seconds to lead four Texan runners finishing inside the top-10.

Antibahs Kibiwott, who was the top Texan runner in SPC's first two meets, finished seventh in 25:56.58 and was followed byColton Hollis (26:08.45) in ninth and Cordaryl Whitehead(26:11.92) in tenth.

Isaac Clark (27:23.5) rounded out the scoring for the Texans with a 17^th place finish.

Freshman J'Cee Holmes led the Lady Texans for the second time in as many meets, completing the women's 5,000-meter course in a season best time of 19:45.32 and finishing 10^th overall.

Sophomore Desreen Montague (19:50.66) was the 15^th athlete to cross the line while Atara Segree (20:27.10) snuck inside the top-20.

Kaitlyn Henderson (20:50.55) and Brittany Letts (21:06.42) rounded out the team with 24^thand 29^th place finishes.

The Lady Texans finished the day third in the team standings with 93 points.

Next up for the Texans and Lady Texans is the SPC Cross Country Invitational scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5. The meet will feature junior high and high school races beginning at 8:15 a.m. The SPC women will toe the line at 11 a.m. for the women's 5,000-meter run and the Texans will take to the 8,000-meter course at 11:30 a.m.

Lady Texan results

10^th J'Cee Holmes 19:45.32

15^th Desreen Montague 19:50.66

20^th Atara Segree 20:27.10

24^th Kaitlyn Henderson 20:50.55

29^th Brittany Letts 21:06.42

33^rd Mariah Martinez 21:48.29

35^th Madison Kauffman 21:55.69

Texan Results

2^nd Jose Martinez 25:22.80

7^th Antibahs Kibiwott 25:56.58

9^th Colton Hollis 26:08.45