Marshall Cross Country Recap
By Ben Anderson, FM88 Sports’ Director
Oct. 22, 2025
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) — Marshall Cross Country competed in its final tune-up before the Sun Belt Conference Championships with the Falcon Invitational at Bowling Green University.
Marshall, for the second straight week, had a new leader on the women’s side with senior Hannah Wyler running the 6K with a time of 22:01. Coach Caleb Bowen said that he is proud of the way that numerous runners have taken on the number one role throughout the season.
“I’m very excited to see them step up and do pretty well,” Bowen said. “We have like three number one girls, which is what you want in a team, with Hannah Toth, Hannah Wyler, and Destiny (Berryman). It was really fun to see Asha (Bora) step up and throw her name in the mix as well.”
Leading the way for the men’s team was junior Brady Dawkins, with an 8k time of 25:36. Dawkins said that he was pleased with the way he handled the race.
“Bowling Green’s a little bit of a longer course,” Dawkins said. “I was kind of worried how that would go, especially last year. It was kind of a slow day, but I went out there and put myself in a good position to compete. Felt good, felt strong the throughout the whole thing, so I just kept it rolling, finished strong.”
The Thundering Herd now shifts its focus over to the Sun Belt Conference Championships on Oct. 31. Coach Bowen said that it’s important for both teams to stay together as a pack throughout the race.
“That’s the way whatever team wins,” Bowen said. “That’s the way they’re going to win. You just have to pack up and then run as close to the front as possible, which we can do. Both sides, men and women, have done a good job of it this year.”
Dawkins said that the Herd has been focused on trying to run in tighter packs.
“We try to do our little workouts grouped together,” Dawkins said. “I think we’ve done pretty well on that. Just yesterday we did a workout. We took turns leading, making sure that we were all grouped together. Just learning to work off each other is definitely important.”
Marshall Cross Country aims to close out the season with Sun Belt Conference Championship Gold for the second season in a row.