Men's Results  I  Women's Results

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Eastern Kentucky University junior All-American Ahmed Jaziri won the men's race at the University of Virginia's Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational on Friday morning.
 
His performance led the EKU men's cross country team to a third place finish at the meet. The Colonels scored 63 points, just one point behind host and second-place finisher Virginia (62). Penn won the day with 52 points.
 
Jaziri finished first out of 97 competitors, covering the challenging, hilly 8K course in a winning time of 23:52.9.
 
Junior Joan Tapias and freshman Charles Kipchumba also delivered impressive performances at the meet. Tapias improved 17 spots from the 3K split to finish third overall with a time of 24:11.9. Kipchumba made up 19 spots over the final 5K to take sixth place in a time of 24:22.2.
 
Sophomores Nikodem Dworczak (25^th / 25:04.1) and Pedro García-Palencia (30^th / 25:10.9) completed EKU's scoring five on the day.
 
Newcomer Jone Zabaleta Larranaga (4^th / 17:27.8) and sophomore Laura Taborda (9^th / 17:34.8) both turned in top-10 performances in the women's 5K race.
 
Their performances helped the Colonels finish fourth at the meet with 84 points. EKU was positioned only behind Yale (32), Virginia (58), and George Washington (72).
 
Sophomore Grace Kilroy – who missed nearly all of last cross country and track season with an injury – continued her impressive comeback by finishing 18^th out of 72 runners in 18:13.0.
 
Juniors Beighley Ayers (26^th / 18:24.5) and Saskia Pingpank (18:24.7) rounded out Eastern's scoring five in the race.
 
The cross country teams return to action at their first-ever ASUN Championships Saturday, October 30 in Orlando, Florida.