RESULTS
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. –
LeTourneau won the 2021 American Southwest Conference Men's Cross Country Championship, its first title in program history, at Clarksville High School Saturday.
LeTourneau senior
Lorien Nightingale was the individual medalist for the second straight season, winning the 8,000-meter race with a time of 25:45.7. He was just under three seconds off the Championship record time. Nightingale is the sixth runner to earn medalist honors twice.
LETU scored 34 points, placing five runners in the top 13.
UT Dallas, the three-time defending champion, were second with 45 points.
McMurry (90) finished third.
Yellow Jacket coaches
Kathlee Raske and
Daniel Michalski, earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Pablo Lomeli Lluis from LeTourneau was the Freshman of the Year, placing third in 26:07.9, and teammate
Nick Carter was the Newcomer of the Year with a sixth-place finish.
Runner-up
Mack Broussard of East Texas Baptist was selected as the Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year for the second time in his career. Broussard finished with a time of 25:59.5, becoming the first five-time All-Conference runner in ASC history.
UTD junior
Trent Sakakini was fourth in 26:10.6, followed by
Griffin Davis of UTD in 26:12.0 in fifth and Hardin-Simmons junior
Eric Monroy was seventh in in 26:28.7 to round out the All-Conference First Team.
Nightingale, Sakakini and UTD’s
Andres Uriegas each earned All-Conference honors for the fourth time.
Team Scores
| 1. LeTourneau |
34 |
| 2. UT Dallas |
45 |
| 3. McMurry |
90 |
| 4. Hardin-Simmons |
129 |
| 5. Concordia Texas |
130 |
| 6. East Texas Baptist |
141 |
| 7. Ozarks |
186 |
| 8. Mary Hardin-Baylor |
250 |
| 9. Sul Ross State |
252 |
| --- Belhaven |
IND |
2021 ASC Men's All-Conference Awards
Individual Medalist: Lorien Nightingale, LeTourneau
2
Freshman of the Year: Pablo Lomeli Lluis, LeTourneau
Newcomer of the Year: Nick Carter, LeTourneau
Coaching Staff of the Year: LeTourneau
(Kathleen Raske – Director of Cross Country; Daniel Michalski – Head Coach)
Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year: Mack Broussard, East Texas Baptist
2
2 Two-time winner
First Team
Lorien Nightingale, Sr., LeTourneau
4
Mack Broussard, Gr., East Texas Baptist
5
Pablo Lomeli Lluis, Fr., LeTourneau
Trent Sakakini, Jr., UT Dallas
4
Griffin Davis, So., UT Dallas
3
Nick Carter, So., LeTourneau
Eric Monroy, Jr., Hardin-Simmons
3
Second Team
Gabriel Sanchez, Fr., McMurry
Rick Platas, Jr., Concordia Texas
2
Devan Bailey, Fr., UT Dallas
Spencer Gambrell, So., LeTourneau
3
Andres Uriegas, Sr., UT Dallas
4
Walker Reeves, Fr., LeTourneau
Ethan Conville, Fr., UT Dallas
5 Five-time All-Conference
4 Four-time All-Conference
3 Three-time All-Conference
2 Two-time All-Conference