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Amid women’s 27th and men’s 33rd place finishes, Kimeli ranks eighth at Gans Creek Cross Country Classic

By Jackson Posey | Sports Writer

Baylor cross-country competed at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Mo. on Friday, with the women finishing 27th out of 38 teams and the men finishing 33rd of 36.

It was the team’s third invitational of the season, following the Aug. 30 UIW Twilight meet in San Antonio and the Sept. 13 Texas A&M Invitational in Bryan-College Station. The women finished fourth and third respectively in those meets; the men finished sixth and ninth.

Leading the Bears at Gans Creek on Friday was Eldoret, Kenya, sophomore Ruth Kimeli, whose 20:12.