FORT WORTH, Texas - Two individual school records were shattered on Saturday as the UT Dallas cross country teams competed at the Old Glory Gallop at AP Ranch Saturday morning.
Alex Bozhilov crushed his own men's 8K record by 49.74 seconds, placing eighth in 23:34.03.
Joan Jerono bested her women's 5K mark by 15.26 seconds, with a time of 17:56.14 and a 31st-place finish.
The Comets took 14th out of 43 teams int he women's race with 367 points, while the men finished 19th out of 43 with 492 points.
Several UTD runners recorded personal bests at the Gallop.
Anthony Stuart posted the third-fastest 8K time in program history in 25:01.09, finishing 77th. The rest of the scorers had PRs as well -
Sebastian Calderon-Espinosa (134th/25:34.92),
Erik Grover (168th/25:52.31) and
Dev Kumar (187/26:03.06).
Each of the top five women also had personal records.
Bharvi Varu (72nd/18:41.99) had the fifth-fastest 5K time in UTD history.
Lili-Mai Pigeon (75th/18:44.72) was sixth and
Marianna Salazar (103rd/18:56.70) was eighth on the Comet all-time list.
Ellie Suo-Anttila also posted a personal best in 19:24.82, finishing 138th.
The race was the final one before the Lone Star Conference Championships. It will be held in Lubbock, Texas on Saturday, November 7.
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