FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (11/10/23) – Freshman Rahel Broemmel continued her dynamic debut cross country season, automatically qualifying as an individual for the NCAA Championships with a top-5 finish Friday at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships.

Broemmel clocked a personal-best time of 20:20.7 to place fifth in the women’s 6K and advance as one of four individuals to the national meet held on Nov. 18 in Charlottesville, Va. Her fifth-place result is the highest regional finish by an A-State women’s runner in program history, and she gives the Red Wolves a women’s individual qualifier for the second year in a row after Jaybe Shufelberger qualified last season with a sixth-place finish.

A-State’s women placed seventh as a squad behind four top-50 runners, including Broemmel. Shufelberger placed 29^th with a time of 21:23.5, followed by Elizabeth Martin in 37^th, who crossed the finish in 21:41.2. Mary Beth Bailey earned a 50^th-place result, finishing in a career-best 22:02.9, with Olivia Walter rounding out the Red Wolves’ scoring five with a 57^th-place time of 22:06.9.

Cadence Lapp (84^th – 22:36.6) and Maggie Hunter (124^th – 23:18.5) finished as A-State’s displacers, but did not score.

In the men’s 10K, four Red Wolves ran career bests in helping A-State place fourth in the team standings with 157 points – the men’s program’s second-highest finish ever. Dawson Mayberry (30:05.5) placed 16^th to earn All-Region honors, where he was joined by Jacob Pyeatt (30:23.7), who placed 22^nd to become a two-time all-region finisher. Cash Kunkel placed 32^nd with a time of 30:44.9, followed by Rylan Brown’s personal-best time of 31:01.6 that resulted in a 38^th-place finish. Nati Enright clocked a career-best 31:21.9 to place 54^th and round out the team’s scoring.

Freshman Jimmy Mann placed 84^th with a time of 32:06.4 in his first collegiate 10K, with Noah McMurtrey finishing in 157^th with a mark of 34:09.4.

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NCAA SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Agri Park | Fayetteville, Ark.
* – denotes personal best; ^ – denotes season best

WOMEN’S 6K
Team Results (Top 10)
1. Arkansas – 36 points
2. Texas A&M – 90
3. LSU – 129
4. Tulane – 139
5. Texas – 143
6. SMU – 143
7. Arkansas State – 166
8. UT Arlington – 215
9. TCU – 223
10. Rice – 259

Individual Results
5. Rahel Broemmel – 20:20.7* (5 points); 29. Jaybe Shufelberger – 21:23.5 (26 points); 37. Elizabeth Martin – 21:41.2 (34 points); 50. Mary Beth Bailey – 22:02.9* (47 points); 57. Olivia Walter – 22:06.9 (54 points); 84. Cadence Lapp – 22:36.6; 124. Maggie Hunter – 23:18.5

MEN’S 10K
Team Results (Top 10)
1. Texas – 34 points
2. Arkansas – 52
3. Tulane – 77
4. Arkansas State – 157
5. Incarnate Word – 157
6. Texas A&M – 178
7. Rice – 187
8. Sam Houston – 276
9. UT Arlington – 292
10. Little Rock – 302

Individual Results
16. Dawson Mayberry – 30:05.5* (16 points); 22. Jacob Pyeatt – 30:23.7* (22 points); 32. Cash Kunkel – 30:44.9 (31 points); 38. Rylan Brown – 31:01.6* (36 points); 54. Nati Enright – 31:21.9* (52 points); 84. Jimmy Mann – 32:06.4; 157. Noah McMurtrey – 34:09.4