Rangers finish their regular season at the 2022 Colorado Springs Cross Country Open

Oct 21 | By: Caty Llamas, Athletics Graduate Assistant

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Regis men's and women's cross country teams ran in the 2022 Colorado Springs Cross Country Open in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Friday evening.

The women's team finished eighth overall and the men's team finished ninth overall.

"For me, we finished and did what we needed to do. The girls got their five races in and I'm just so proud that they ran with heart," said head coach John Esquibel. They had me in tears with what they did today. I'm very proud of each and every one of them. The effort was there, the times didn't matter."

How It Happened: Leading off for the women was freshman Mariah Heuer finishing 75^th overall and with a time of 27 minutes, 46.2 seconds. For the men, Judd Ogle led the pack, finishing 101^st overall and with a time of 30:58.2.

"Mariah did what she needed to do today. She helped her teammates, and when it was time for her to go, she did just that. As for Judd, he ran really well today and is in a much better place than we were a few weeks ago," said Esquibel.

The Ranger women ran well as a pack, with McKenna Uhing, Lily Saddoris, Mikaela Taylor, and Ryann Sheehan all finishing within three minutes of each other. Uhing finished 79^th overall with a time of 28:15.9. Saddoris ran a 28:24.4 and finished 82^nd. Taylor finished in 84^th with a time of 28:46.1. Rounding out the pack was Sheehan with a 30"17.6 and finishing 89^th.

As for the men, they also ran well together, with all five runners finishing within eight minutes of each other. Following Ogle was Eric Casey, with a 31:22.2 and finishing 102^nd. John Murphy ran a 32:07.7 and finished 105^th. William Oakes finished 107^th and crossed with a time of 32:20.5. Aaron Bennett bested his previous course time by a minute and finished 110^th with a time of 37:57.6.

Up Next: Both Regis teams will run at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Championships in Durango, Colo. on November 5^th.

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