Rachel Essner Contributing Writer ressner1@murraystate.edu The Murray State cross country team traveled to Clarksville, Tennessee, for the OVC Championship meet on Monday, March 1. The women’s team took fifth place overall, the highest the team has placed since 2015. The men placed ninth overall. “I was really proud of the women for coming together and Read More
Rachel Essner Contributing Writer ressner1@murraystate.edu After competing in three meets this season, the Racer cross country teams will finish their season by running in the OVC Championship meet on Monday, March 1. In the 2019 season, the men’s team finished sixth while the women finished eighth overall in the OVC Championship. Emma Graf was a Read More
Rachel Essner Contributing Writer ressner1@murraystate.edu Two weeks after the Belmont Opener, the Racer cross country team hosted the Murray State Open on Friday, Feb. 5, at the Miller Memorial Golf Course. This meet was the second of three regular season meets for the Racers. The women’s team faced six other teams while the men’s team Read More
Rachel Essner Contributing Writer ressner1@murraystate.edu After waiting for more than a year to compete, the Murray State men’s and women’s cross country teams kicked off their 2021 season opener on Sunday, Jan. 24, at Belmont University. The meet consisted of 12 teams, including Belmont University, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee State University Read More
Simon Elfrink Contributing Writer selfrink@murraystate.edu On Friday, Aug. 14, the Ohio Valley Conference Board of Presidents officially cancelled fall sports except football. The concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Board to make an executive decision to postpone all fall competition and championships in men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. Read More
Simon Elfrink Contributing Writer selfrink@murraystate.edu The Murray State Racers took first place for both the men’s and women’s Cross Country teams at the inaugural Murray State Open. Murray State hosted the last race of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 18, at Miller Memorial Golf Course. Murray State has not hosted a competition since the Read More
Story by Simon Elfrink Contributing Writer selfrink@murraystate.edu The Murray State Racers men’s and women’s cross country teams kicked off the season on Friday, Aug. 30, at Belmont University, competing against the likes of Austin Peay State University, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Tech University, Western Kentucky University, Lipscomb University and the University of Evansville. During the Read More
Nick Kendall Staff Writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu After injuries, rough conference finishes and graduation, both Murray State men’s and women’s cross country teams plan to bounce back in a huge way. An 8th-overall finish for the women and 9th-overall finish for the men in the conference championship is not where Head Coach Adam Kiesler wants the teams Read More