Kain, Craig-McFeely Pace Duke at Hokie Open

Friday, November 6

Blacksburg, Va.

3:45 p.m.

Duke University

Hokie Open

Ellie Maddox runs in a cross country race in a white singlet top

Photo by: Duke Athletics

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Results

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Duke cross country teams closed out their regular season racing schedule Friday at the Hokie Open. Nine Blue Devils across the men and women's teams competed with five men and four women racing on 6k and 4,400-meter courses, respectively.

Jeremy Kain paced the Blue Devils with a time of 18:16 to take third overall in a small contingent of runners. All five of Duke's runners finished within 48 seconds of each other.

Senior Poppy Craig-McFeely led the Duke women with a fourth-place showing in 15:15.8.

The Men's 6k
Kain was 22 seconds ahead of the next closest Blue Devil as Myles Jermyn, Jonah Hanikeri, Owen Pukys, and Cruz Brown completed the Duke lineup. Jermyn finished his first collegiate race, completing the course in 18:38.9 for fifth place.

Hanikeri and Pukys were on his heels in sixth and seventh with times of 18:42.1 and 18:46.5, respectively. Brown finished the 6k in 19:04.5 for ninth.

The Women's 4,400
Following Craig-McFeely was sophomore MacKenzie Bigej in seventh place. She hit the tape in 15:23.2. Freshman Ellie Maddox finished her race in 15:43.6 to take 10th and Lindsay Hausman was 12th with a time of 16:21.7.

Up Next
The Blue Devils continue postseason racing at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in Spartanburg, South Carolina Nov. 13.

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