Results
MARSHALL, Texas –
McMurry won the 2022 American Southwest Conference Women’s Cross Country Championship, posting back-to-back titles for the first time in school history and a third conference championship in program history, at Marshall City Arena on Saturday, October 29.
The War Hawks scored 34 points, placing four runners in the top eight and three in the top five. McMurry matched an ASC Championship record of largest winning margin 45 points set 20 years earlier (2002, Texas Lutheran, 22-67).
Mary Hardin-Baylor placed second with 79 points, followed by
East Texas Baptist (89) and
UT Dallas (90).
Hardin-Simmons junior
Kylah Holland captured the individual medalist with a 6K time of 22:31.0 (6.02/mi), and was over a minute faster than the runner-up result. That time is the second fastest for the 6K race in the ASC Women’s Cross Country Championship, just 1.1 seconds short of the record set in 2019. Holland is the third runner in Hardin-Simmons history to win the ASC individual title. She was also named ASC Newcomer of the Year.
Behind Holland was McMurry duo
Janeth Chacon (2nd, 23:33.1) and
Jazmin Chacon (3rd, 23:33.7) who each claimed their third All-Conference citations. Teammate
Chloe Mclellan placed 5th (24:13.1) and was named ASC Freshman of the Year and All-Conference.
Hardin-Simmons
Brittany Acosta (4th, 23:47.2) earned her fourth All-Conference distinction, as did Mary Hardin-Baylor senior
Holly Dasher (13th, 24:52.3) who was named Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year.
UT Dallas
Madylin Herrera (6th, 24:16.1), and LeTourneau
Briella Rose (7th, 24:26.8) completed the top seven individual scorers and All-Conference First-Team.
War Hawks head coach
Rexi Parcells and assistant
Corey Koch were named the 2022 Coaching Staff of the Year.
Team Scores
| 1. McMurry |
34 |
| 2. Mary Hardin-Baylor |
79 |
| 3. East Texas Baptist |
89 |
| 4. UT Dallas |
90 |
| 5. LeTourneau |
115 |
| 6. Hardin-Simmons |
125 |
| 7. Ozarks |
194 |
| 8. Sul Ross State |
229 |
| -- Concordia Texas |
IND |
2022 ASC Women's All-Conference Awards
Individual Medalist: Kylah Holland, Hardin-Simmons
Freshman of the Year: Chloe Mclellan, McMurry
Newcomer of the Year: Kylah Holland, Hardin-Simmons
Coaching Staff of the Year: McMurry
(Rexi Parcells – Head Coach; Corey Koch – Assistant Coach)
Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year: Holly Dasher, Mary Hardin-Baylor
First Team
Kylah Holland, Jr., Hardin-Simmons
Janeth Chacon, Jr., McMurry
3
Jazmin Chacon, Jr., McMurry
3
Brittany Acosta, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
4
Chloe Mclellan, Fr., McMurry
Madylin "Sage" Herrera, So., UT Dallas
2
Briella Rose, So., LeTourneau
Second Team
Savanna Danner, Fr., McMurry
Rebeca Betanzo, So., UT Dallas
Sierra Benner, Sr., LeTourneau
Scarlett Perez, So., East Texas Baptist
2
Lindsey Smith, So., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2
Holly Dasher, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
4
Phoebe Dunham, Fr., East Texas Baptist
4 Four-time All-Conference
3 Three-time All-Conference
2 Two-time All-Conference