Mena, AR (October 31, 2020) – In this COVID-19 world, the 7th ranked Bucks Women's Cross Country team was the only school from Region 2 (Arkansas and Oklahoma) to compete in the Regional Championship hosted at the Lion's Club. The Bucks had to run in the Regional Championship as a qualifier to the NJCAA DII National Championship in Fort Dodge, IA on November 14th.
Jacksonville College joined the race for outside competition; however, they compete in Region 14 in East Texas. There were 12 competitors in the 5K race.
Finishing as the Region 2 Individual Champion was Olivia Orr (Bryant, AR) with a time of 22:53.2. The remaining Bucks finishers were as listed below:
Kailey Pentz (Siloam Springs, AR) – 23:02.0
Dirie Balderas (Fort Smith, AR) – 23:33.8
Emili Jaimes Bravo (Sprindale, AR) – 23:48.9
Darriana Franklin (Fort Smith, AR) – 24:14.6
Haley Magueyal-Perez (Nashville, AR) – 24:54.1
Julianna Kennedy (Mena, AR) – 26:25.3
Shannan Gardner (Ward, AR) – 26:53
Complete race results can be found at http://macdonaldtiming.com/.
The women will be back in action in a few weeks in Fort Dodge, Iowa at the NJCAA DII National Championship on November 14th.
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