CLOUD, COWLEY RUNNERS NAMED OPENING WEEKEND WINNERS
Runners from Cloud County and Cowley College earned Week 1 KJCCC Runner of the Week honors after season-opening weekend victories.
Cloud County's Habtamu Gata and Cowley's Lubna Suied were the individual winners of the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic at Hutchinson's Fun Valley Sports Complex.
Suied, a sophomore from Houston, Texas, repeated as Masterson Twilight women's individual champion. Suied dominated the field with a three-mile time of 18:24.9, the fifth-fastest time in Masterson Twilight history. She beat her freshman-winning time by 16.1 seconds.
Gata is the second-straight cross country runner from Cloud County to win the Masterson Twilight title. Gata won with a four-mile time of 20:13.5, the sixth-fastest Masterson Twilight time in meet history. He won the event 12.5 seconds.
