GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Concordia Texas men's cross country junior Kamron Loera once again reset the record books where he broke his own program record with a time of 24:45.3. What was an overall successful meet overall for the Tornados at the DBU Old Glory Gallop, 13 CTX student-athletes blazed new personal records on Saturday morning.

In the men's race, all eight competitors reached a new plateau and the men's team finished 15th as a unit. Loera crushed his previous record by over a minute as his time placed him 14th overall and first against all other division III runners at the event. Thomas Hughes clocked in at 25:53.5, while Matthew Kangas finished in 26:36.8.

Samuel Valdez (27:31.3) and Dion Arriaga (27:31.8) finished almost simultaneously with Aaron Ramos right behind them at 27:52.0. Rounding out the men's finishers was Alexandro Barrera (28:39.8) and Edward Wells (30:46.9).

In the women's 5k run, the Tornados placed 30th at the loaded field with freshman Ashley Rivera (21:44.2) leading the charge.

Belkin Vega-Molina was the second Tornado to cross at 22:34.8, while softball superstar Emily Schmuck crossed the finish line at 24:30.7 in her cross country debut.

Completing the scoring for CTX was Mackenzie Dixon at 25:03.5 and Lluvia Rodriguez at 25:48.1.

Click here to view the full results of the race.

Concordia Texas has now completed their regular season slate and will next return to Grand Prairie for the ASC Championships on Sunday, October 29th.

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