Benedict Men Tie Morehouse, Claim Runner-Up Trophy, At SIAC Cross Country Championship

ROCK HILL, South Carolina – The Benedict College men's cross country team finished as SIAC runners-up after tying with Morehouse at the SIAC Championship on Friday at Winthrop University.

The Tigers and the Maroon Tigers of Morehouse finished the meet with 48 points. Morehouse won their third consecutive men's championship on a tiebreaker, with their fifth runner finishing ahead of Benedict's fifth runner.

The Tigers had four runners finish in the top 10 and earn All-Conference honors. Evans Korir finished fourth overall with a time of 26:28.54 over the 8K course. Amos Chebii finished sixth in a time of 27:15.43, while Dennis Kiprono was right behind in seventh with a time of 27:34.56. Japheth Kipruto crossed the finish line in ninth with a time of 27:51.52.

Hylton was Benedict's fifth runner, crossing the line with a time of 29:52.04.

Morehouse had runners finish in second, fifth, 11th, 14th and 16th.

Central State's Raymond Korir was the individual winner with a time of 25:06.36.

Finishing in third was Central State (64), followed by Spring Hill (84), Albany State (165), Kentucky State (173), Tuskegee (190), Fort Valley State (223), Paine (225), Lane (265), LeMoyne-Owen (280), Clark Atlanta (288), and Miles (356).

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