Hutchinson CC Sports Information
HAYS – Sophomore Ashara Frater earned her second career individual championship to lead the No. 13-ranked Hutchinson Community College Women's Cross Country Team at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open on Saturday at the FHSU Track and Field Complex.
Frater posted a time of 17 minutes, 37.71 seconds to win the race by 2.7 seconds over unattached runner Sophia Christensen.
Frater, an NJCAA All-American runners as a freshman in 2025, also won the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic in August at Fun Valley. Saturday's time was her second-fastest 5K time this season. She ran 17:28.7 last week at the Chile Pepper Festival.
Frater led four Blue Dragon runners on Saturday at the Tigers Open. For the second-straight meet, the Blue Dragons were unable to post a team score.
Colorado School of Mines won the team title with 36 points. Fort Hays State was second with 51 and St. Mary's University was third with 110 points.
Sophomore Kimberlin Lovell played 34th for Hutchinson with a time of 19:23.40
Freshman Maureen Jepchirchir was 36th in a time of 19:30.20.
Freshman Chelsea Willour was 77th with a time of 21:32.0
Two former Blue Dragon runners were top-five individual finishers on Saturday. Former Dragon Taylor Hoskinson, running unattached, posted a time of 18:02.30. Serenity Larson, now at St. Mary's University, was fifth in a time of 18:18.60.
The Blue Dragons next compete at the Region 6 Cross Country Championships on Friday, October 30 in El Dorado.