AMES, Iowa – Mizzou cross country earned a pair of top-five finishes and four United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Midwest Region honors at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships on Friday at the Iowa State Cross Country Course. The women placed fourth with 152 points, and the men took fifth with 159.

"We got the job done. These races are always nerve-racking because they feel like a prelim for NCAAs. I don't think today was our best day on the women's side, but great teams can have off days individually and still cover for each other, and Mirriam and Rahel stepped up huge," head cross country coach Kyle Levermore said. "The men ran really well, probably our best regional performance since I've been here. Jean was unbelievable. He's learned each week and soaked in the coaching, and I'm excited to see him get through to his first NCAA final."

Freshman Jean Kipchumba finished third in the men's 10K in 28:52.6 to earn USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region honors. His time is the fastest 10K by a Tiger ever at an NCAA Regional, and the finish is the second-best by a Mizzou man at an NCAA Regional meet.

Sophomore Monica Wanjiku led the women to their fourth-place finish, placing sixth in 19:30.5 after leading the field through the halfway mark. Wanjiku is the eighth Mizzou woman to earn back-to-back USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region honors and the first since Mizzou great Karissa Schweizer in 2017.

Senior Rahel Broemmel earned her first career USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region honors, placing 20th in 19:58.4 after running fourth at the halfway point. Sophomore Suzy Lecoutre (29th, 20:12.4) and sophomore Mirriam Chepkirui (38th, 20:27.7) followed, and junior Kobi Walker (59th, 20:42.4) completed the scoring five. Junior Charlotte Cullen (84th, 20:58.6) and sophomore Morgan Yeomans (101st, 21:15.2) rounded out the Tiger lineup.

All seven Tigers in the men's 10K finished inside the top 55, and the five scorers all placed inside the top 48 as Missouri finished four points behind fourth-place Minnesota. Sophomore Elijah Limo followed Kipchumba in 25th with a 10K personal best of 29:25.1, earning USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region honors for the second-straight season. Freshman Emmanuel Kiprop clocked 29:56.1 in his first collegiate 10K to take 42nd, and sophomore Raymond Kipkoech placed 45th in 29:57.6, a personal best by more than three minutes.

TOP TIGERS

• Fifth-year Tyler Freiner lowered his 10K best by more than two minutes, clocking 30:01.2 in 48th.
• Senior Joshua Allison set a 10K personal best of 30:07.5 in 53rd.
• Junior Carter Spradling placed 55th in 30:09.9, a 10K personal best by more than two minutes.
• All seven Tigers in the men's race set 10K personal bests, most by more than a minute.

WOMEN'S 6K RESULTS – 4th Place (152 points, 6-20-29-38-59)
6th – Monica Wanjiku, 19:30.5 // 20th – Rahel Broemmel, 19:58.4 // 29th – Suzy Lecoutre, 20:12.4 // 38th – Mirriam Chepkirui, 20:27.7 // 59th – Kobi Walker, 20:42.4 // 84th – Charlotte Cullen, 20:58.6 // 101st – Morgan Yeomans, 21:15.2

MEN'S 10K RESULTS – 5th Place (159 points, 3-24-41-44-47)
3rd – Jean Kipchumba, 28:52.6 // 25th – Elijah Limo, 29:25.1 // 42nd – Emmanuel Kiprop, 29:56.1 // 45th – Raymond Kipkoech, 29:57.6 // 48th – Tyler Freiner, 30:01.2 // 53rd – Joshua Allison, 30:07.5 // 55th – Carter Spradling, 30:09.9

UP NEXT
The NCAA at-large team and individual selections will be announced Saturday, Nov. 14. The NCAA Cross Country Championship is Saturday, Nov. 21, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind.

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