Women's Results  I  Men's Results

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Eastern Kentucky University women's cross country team continued its dominance of the Ohio Valley Conference Championships on Monday, winning the program's 14^th OVC title in the last 15 years.
 
The EKU women have now won 34 of the 42 OVC Women's Cross Country Championships that have been held since 1979.
 
The EKU men finished second on Monday.
 
The women's team won the championship by only two points, edging Belmont, 46-48, for the crown.
 
Sophomore Laura Taborda claimed the women's individual title, covering the muddy, 5K course at Weakley Park in a time of 19:19.0.
 
Sophomore Lou Trois finished fifth in 19:41.0. Senior Lilian Jeptoo Kiborus (10^th / 20:00.0), junior Beighley Ayers (13^th / 20:10.0) and junior Saskia Pingpank (17^th / 20:17.0) rounded out the Colonels' scoring five at the meet.
 
Taborda and Trois were named first team All-OVC following the race, while Jeptoo Kiborus and Ayers earned second team All-OVC honors.
 
Head coach Cory Erdmann was named the OVC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year at the meet.
 
The men's scoring was similarly close to the women's. The EKU men fell to Eastern Illinois by only four points, 40-44.
 
Junior Ahmed Jaziri won the men's individual title, covering the 8K course in a time of 26:40.3
 
Junior Joan Tapias was second on the team and seventh overall in 27:39.5. Junior Jackson Siddall (ninth / 27:45.1), freshman Charles Kipchumba (13^th / 28:08.4) and sophomore Keeton Thornsberry (14^th / 28:12.2) completed EKU's top five at the meet.
 
Jaziri and Tapias were named first team All-OVC, while Siddall, Kipchumba, and Thornsberry earned second team All-OVC honors.