Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The No. 4-ranked Hutchinson Community College men's cross country team made an early statement for the 2025 season in winning the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic on Friday night at Fun Valley.
Led by sophomore Cornelius Kogo, Blue Dragon runners finished first, second, third and fourth and had five runners in the Top 10 as Hutchinson captured its second Masterson Twilight team championship in the 10-year history of the event. The other team championship for Hutchinson came in 2018.
The Blue Dragons scored a Masterson Twilight team low score of 18 points (15 points is a perfect score in cross country). Wichita State was the team runner-up with 48 points and Garden City was third with 61 points.
The previous low team score in the Masterson Twilight was 23 points by Cloud County in 2019.
Hutchinson posted its fifth Top-3 finish in Masterson Twilight history.
Blue Dragon runners took immediate charge of the race with Kogo, Titus Kiprotich and Faren Mangelson breaking away from the pack early.
Kogo won his first collegiate race with a time of 20:04.10, which is the 15th-fastest Masterson Twilight team in meet history. Kogo joins All-American and national champion Andrew Kibet as Blue Dragon runners to win the Masterson Twilight.
Kiprotich improved his 2024 Masterson Twilight time by 7 full seconds with a runner-up time of 20:25.41, the 16th-fastest time in meet history.
Mangelson jumped into the Top 25 Masterson club with a time of 20:27.36, which was good for third place and the 25th-best time in event history.
Freshman Esteban Ortega made a tremendous stretch run to get by Wichita State's Austin Carerra by 0.17 seconds for fourth place with a time of 20:32.83.
Freshman Esteban Oses Campos also placed in the Top 10 for the Blue Dragons, placing 10th with a time of 21:10.55.
Freshman Max Ryan placed 45th in his Blue Dragon debut with a time of 23:59.13.
The Blue Dragons will next compete at the Missouri Southern Stampede on September 20 in Joplin, Missouri. That will be the Dragons' first 5K race of the season.