Arturo Barrios Invite Live Results I Eagle/Knight Invite Live Results
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Eastern Kentucky University women's cross country team will compete at Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational on Friday morning at the Dale Watts Cross Country Course.
The women's 6K race is set to go off at 9:50 a.m. ET.
The EKU women are ranked No. 9 in the NCAA Southeast Region – just behind Kentucky, and just ahead of Wake Forest and Louisville.
This will be the second race of the season for EKU's star duo of
Brighter Jepchumba and
Edna Chelulei. Jepchumba won the women's 6K at the John McNichols Invitational on September 19, breaking the LaVern Gibson Championship course record in the process. She was named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week for her performance. Chelulei finished fourth at the John McNichols Invitational. Chelulei was an NCAA Cross Country qualifier last year, and a first team All-American in both the indoor and outdoor 5,000 meters.
Sophomores
Morgan Kobylinski,
Metrine Serem, and
Ann Kiplagat rounded out the Colonels' scoring five in Terre Haute.
Junior
Ines Mrabet and freshman
Bailee Montgomery will also compete for the EKU women at Friday's meet.
Brian Kimutai will make his season debut in College Station on Friday, running as an individual in the men's 8K race at 9:15 a.m. ET. Kimutai was a cross country All-American last year, finishing 21
st at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships. His performance led the Colonels a ninth place finish, the best national finish in school history.
Four Colonels will also be competing at the Eagle/Knight Invitational on Friday morning at Eagle Trace Golf Course in Morehead, Kentucky.
Junior
Hadil Chiha and freshmen
Sarah Scott and
Cailie Tyson will race in the women's 6K race at 9:00 a.m. ET.
Freshman
Dillon Millard will compete in the men's 8K race at 9:50 a.m. ET.
