Bruins wrap up regular season at CUNE Invite

SEWARD, Neb. -- After competing in two other events, Desyebelew Debesh turned in the highlight performance of the meet for the Bruins as he established a new school record in the 3000-meter race as the Bellevue University cross country/track team competed at the Concordia University Invite on Friday.

Men's Results:

Cole Wagner ran a 5:18.38 one-mile and Edrei Murillo raced to a season-best time of 9:32.09 in the 3000-meter, the lone even for each athlete.

Salah Hilowle and Chris Casart each made his season debut with Hilowle competing in two events (400M, 600M) and Casart running in the 3000-meter. Hilowle turned in times of 59.11 and 1:44.81 in his events while Casart notched a time of 9:58.77.

Debesh competed in three events, netting season-bests in both the one-mile and 3000-meter, the latter of which he established a new school record. Debesh recorded a time of 4:44.51 mile and a 9:28.92 time in the 3000-meter. He also ran the 1000-meter race in a time of 2:47.47.

Women's Results:

Two Bruins turned in season-best times in the one-mile race. Dayana Montano-Salama and Diana Montano-Salama ran to bests of 6:30.17 and 7:01.27, respectively. The duo also ran in the 1000-meter with times of 3:48.57 for Dayana Montano-Salama and 4:12.10 for Diana Montano-Salama.

Lorena Ramirez was the third Bruin to compete on the day, turning in a time of 5:53.50 in the one-mile, her lone event.

Up Next:

Bellevue wraps up the indoor portion of their schedule on Friday, Feb. 22 at the NSAA Championship which will be held in Brookings, S.D. beginning at 10 a.m.