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VANDERBILT Commodores ::: 2025 Women's Cross Country

VANDERBILT Commodores

2025 Women's Cross Country

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Season Summary

Season Team Rankings and Finishes

Coaches’
Rank		     FINAL
Team Rank		 First Stick
National NCAA DI
#5 Regional South 5th Bria BENNIS (13th)
  Conference SEC 10th Tyla LUMLEY (35th)
  Crimson Classic 4th Tyla LUMLEY (8th)
  Gans Creek Classic 24th Claire PETERSEN (57th)

Athletes

Top Athletes Projection (TAP)

This is a projected listing of a team’s “A-team” as determined by participation in national, regional, or conference championship events. If prior to championship events, this list is the top-seven athletes based on head-to-head competition within the team during the regular season in countable, at-large eligible races (meeting date and distance criteria) in which those top athletes race.
  NCAA DI South Regional

November 14
6.0k (3.7M)
5th place (152 pts) 		SEC Cross Country Championships

October 31
6.0k (3.7M)
10th place (262 pts) 		Crimson Classic

October 17
5.9k (3.6M)
4th place (114 pts) 		Gans Creek Classic

September 26
6.0k (3.7M)
24th place (534 pts)
Tyla LUMLEY (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:24.7 (M) 5:29.5


 		20th 3
19:58.4
(KM) 3:19.7
(M) 5:21.4 		35th 1
20:56.9
(KM) 3:29.4
(M) 5:37.1 		8th 1
19:59.3
(KM) 3:24.3 / adj: 3:24.9
(M) 5:28.9 / adj: 5:29.7 		67th 2
20:29.6
(KM) 3:24.9
(M) 5:29.8
Claire PETERSEN (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:25.5 (M) 5:30.7
Roswell, Ga.

 		17th 2
19:54.6
(KM) 3:19.1
(M) 5:20.4 		51st 4
21:15.2
(KM) 3:32.5
(M) 5:42.0 		10th 2
20:08.7
(KM) 3:25.9 / adj: 3:26.5
(M) 5:31.5 / adj: 5:32.3 		57th 1
20:23.8
(KM) 3:23.9
(M) 5:28.2
Bria BENNIS (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:25.7 (M) 5:31.0
Elmhurst, Ill.

 		13th 1
19:51.3
(KM) 3:18.5
(M) 5:19.5 		37th 2
21:00.0
(KM) 3:30.0
(M) 5:37.9 		15th 3
20:21.1
(KM) 3:28.1 / adj: 3:28.6
(M) 5:34.9 / adj: 5:35.7
Lily KRIEGEL (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:30.3 (M) 5:38.4


 		44th 4
20:32.8
(KM) 3:25.4
(M) 5:30.6 		47th 3
21:09.2
(KM) 3:31.5
(M) 5:40.4 		42nd 4
21:07.5
(KM) 3:36.0 / adj: 3:36.5
(M) 5:47.6 / adj: 5:48.4 		90th 3
20:46.3
(KM) 3:27.7
(M) 5:34.2
Hannah HUYLER (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:36.4 (M) 5:48.3


 		71st 6
21:08.7
(KM) 3:31.4
(M) 5:40.3 		107th 6
22:37.0
(KM) 3:46.1
(M) 6:03.9 		137th 4
21:10.0
(KM) 3:31.6
(M) 5:40.6
Betsy JEPKEMEI (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:40.7 (M) 5:55.2


 		60th 5
20:52.9
(KM) 3:28.8
(M) 5:36.0 		132nd 8
23:25.2
(KM) 3:54.2
(M) 6:16.9 		49th 5
21:22.8
(KM) 3:38.6 / adj: 3:39.1
(M) 5:51.8 / adj: 5:52.6
Myrto VALACHA (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:40.7 (M) 5:55.1


 		83rd 7
21:16.4
(KM) 3:32.7
(M) 5:42.3 		106th 5
22:32.0
(KM) 3:45.3
(M) 6:02.6 		88th 6
22:02.2
(KM) 3:45.3 / adj: 3:45.8
(M) 6:02.6 / adj: 6:03.4 		200th 5
21:53.4
(KM) 3:38.9
(M) 5:52.2

Season Race-by-Race Results

November 14 NCAA DI South Regional
Huntsville, Ala. * John Hunt Park (host: North Alabama)
6.0k (3.7M)

Vanderbilt Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 13th Bria BENNIS SO 19:51.24 13 — 19:51.3
2 17th Claire PETERSEN SO 19:54.57 17 0:03.3 19:52.9
3 20th Tyla LUMLEY SR 19:58.33 20 0:07.1 19:54.7
4 44th Lily KRIEGEL SO 20:32.73 44 0:41.5 20:04.2
5 60th Betsy JEPKEMEI FR 20:52.83 58 1:01.6 20:14.0
6 71st Hannah HUYLER FR 21:08.64 (67) 1:17.4 20:23.1
7 83rd Myrto VALACHA FR 21:16.39 (78) 1:25.1 20:30.7
Team Scores
Team
Rank		 Score 1-5
Gap		 TAP
s/f		 Team NCAA DI
Region		 Conference
1st 52 0:45.7 7s/7f #5 Florida South 1 AQ SEC (1)
2nd 101 0:33.0 7s/7f #30 Tennessee South 2 AQ SEC (7)
3rd 125 2:14.4 7s/7f #16 Alabama South 3 SEC (2)
4th 125 0:49.7 7s/7f Mississippi State South 4 SEC (9)
5th 152 1:01.6 7s/7f VANDERBILT South 5 SEC (10)
6th 157 1:44.5 7s/7f Florida State South 6 ACC (12)
7th 169 0:39.2 10s/7f Lipscomb South 7 ASUN (1)
8th 170 1:02.0 7s/7f Ole Miss South 8 SEC (11)
9th 301 0:58.8 7s/6f Georgia Tech South 9 ACC (17)
10th 368 1:14.1 7s/7f Kennesaw State South 10 Conference USA (5)
11th 369 1:44.4 7s/6f Georgia South 11 SEC (15)
12th 371 2:20.8 5s/5f Middle Tennessee South 12 Conference USA (6)
13th 400 1:09.5 7s/7f UCF South 13 Big 12 (12)
14th 425 2:03.5 7s/6f Mercer South 14 SoCon (2)
15th 442 0:19.5 7s/7f Tennessee Tech South 15 OVC (1)
16th 445 2:39.7 5s/5f Florida Gulf Coast South 16 ASUN (4)
17th 474 0:53.9 7s/7f North Florida South 17 ASUN (3)
18th 485 1:11.8 7s/7f UAB South 18 American (6)
19th 515 1:29.8 7s/7f Jacksonville State South 19 Conference USA (7)
20th 531 1:31.7 8s/7f Chattanooga South 20 SoCon (3)
21st 592 4:02.6 5s/5f Florida International South 21 Conference USA (8)
22nd 595 1:25.2 6s/6f Southern Miss South 22 Sun Belt (2)
23rd 632 0:52.2 7s/7f Florida Atlantic South 23 American (9)
24th 656 0:51.7 7s/7f ETSU South 24 SoCon (6)
25th 721 1:28.9 6s/6f Jacksonville South 25 ASUN (8)
26th 731 1:31.6 6s/6f Stetson South 26 ASUN (7)
27th 750 3:42.0 6s/6f North Alabama South 27 ASUN (11)
28th 793 1:26.2 7s/7f Georgia Southern South 28 Sun Belt (11)
— 0 — 4s/4f Miami (Fla.) South ACC (18)
— 0 — 1s/1f Samford South SoCon (5)
— 0 — 1s/1f South Alabama South Sun Belt (10)
— 0 — 4s/4f Belmont South Missouri Valley (8)
— 0 — 3s/3f South Florida South American (10)
— 0 — 2s/2f Austin Peay South ASUN (9)
— 0 — 2s/2f UT Martin South OVC (7)
— 0 — 2s/2f Alabama State South SWAC (1)

October 31 SEC Cross Country Championships
Knoxville, Tenn. * Cherokee Farm Cross Country Course (host: Tennessee)
6.0k (3.7M)

Vanderbilt Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 35th Tyla LUMLEY SR 20:56.86 35 — 20:56.9
2 37th Bria BENNIS SO 20:59.92 37 0:03.1 20:58.4
3 47th Lily KRIEGEL SO 21:09.11 46 0:12.3 21:02.0
4 51st Claire PETERSEN SO 21:15.12 50 0:18.3 21:05.3
5 106th Myrto VALACHA FR 22:31.96 94 1:35.1 21:22.6
6 107th Hannah HUYLER FR 22:37.00 (95) 1:40.1 21:35.0
7 129th Johna GRISIK SR 23:11.98 (105) 2:15.1 21:48.9
8 132nd Betsy JEPKEMEI FR 23:25.17 2:28.3 22:00.9
Team Scores
Team
Rank		 Score 1-5
Gap		 TAP
s/f		 Team NCAA DI
Region		 Conference
1st 45 0:48.5 7s/7f #5 Florida South 1 AQ SEC (1)
2nd 117 2:26.0 7s/7f #16 Alabama South 3 SEC (2)
3rd 130 1:04.7 7s/7f #15 South Carolina Southeast 2 AQ SEC (3)
4th 159 0:56.7 7s/7f #23 LSU South Central 2 AQ SEC (4)
5th 172 1:30.0 7s/7f #28 Missouri Midwest 4 SEC (5)
6th 175 1:06.2 7s/7f #31 Texas A&M South Central 1 AQ SEC (6)
7th 192 1:05.0 7s/7f #30 Tennessee South 2 AQ SEC (7)
8th 193 1:24.9 7s/7f Kentucky Southeast 9 SEC (8)
9th 243 1:20.2 6s/6f Mississippi State South 4 SEC (9)
10th 262 1:35.0 7s/7f VANDERBILT South 5 SEC (10)
11th 287 0:55.5 7s/7f Ole Miss South 8 SEC (11)
12th 287 1:45.3 7s/7f Oklahoma Midwest 7 SEC (12)
13th 297 1:33.0 7s/7f Texas South Central 8 SEC (13)
14th 321 2:18.0 4s/4f Arkansas South Central 4 SEC (14)
15th 388 2:56.2 6s/6f Georgia South 11 SEC (15)
16th 404 1:00.8 7s/7f Auburn South SEC (16)

October 17 Crimson Classic
Tuscaloosa, Ala. * Harry Pritchett Running Course (host: Alabama)
5.9k (3.6M)

Vanderbilt Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 8th Tyla LUMLEY SR 19:59.22 8 — 19:59.3
2 10th Claire PETERSEN SO 20:08.61 10 0:09.4 20:04.0
3 15th Bria BENNIS SO 20:21.07 15 0:21.8 20:09.7
4 42nd Lily KRIEGEL SO 21:07.47 37 1:08.2 20:24.1
5 49th Betsy JEPKEMEI FR 21:22.73 44 1:23.5 20:35.8
6 88th Myrto VALACHA FR 22:02.18 (78) 2:02.9 20:50.2
7 97th Johna GRISIK SR 22:13.02 (85) 2:13.8 21:02.1
Team Scores
Team
Rank		 Score 1-5
Gap		 TAP
s/f		 Team NCAA DI
Region		 Conference
1st 30 1:32.1 6s/6f #15 South Carolina Southeast 2 AQ SEC (3)
2nd 85 1:15.2 6s/6f Tulane South Central 3 American (1)
3rd 101 2:33.5 6s/5f #16 Alabama South 3 SEC (2)
4th 114 1:23.5 6s/6f VANDERBILT South 5 SEC (10)
5th 160 0:44.5 7s/6f Georgia Tech South 9 ACC (17)
6th 183 1:12.2 7s/7f Kennesaw State South 10 Conference USA (5)
7th 191 1:39.2 6s/6f Auburn South SEC (16)
8th 265 0:28.7 6s/6f North Florida South 17 ASUN (3)
9th 269 1:31.2 4s/4f Miami (Fla.) South ACC (18)
10th 305 1:14.5 5s/5f Southern Miss South 22 Sun Belt (2)
11th 315 1:16.7 6s/6f UAB South 18 American (6)
12th 324 1:16.5 5s/5f Oakland Great Lakes 22 Horizon (3)
13th 389 2:24.2 6s/5f Central Arkansas South Central 19 ASUN (5)
14th 407 0:42.7 6s/6f ULM South Central 18 Sun Belt (9)
15th 409 1:38.0 1s/1f (“B”) Samford South SoCon (5)
16th 468 2:32.6 2s/2f (“B”) South Florida South American (10)
17th 519 2:13.2 7s/7f Memphis South American (11)
18th 524 3:26.8 1s/1f (“B”) South Alabama South Sun Belt (10)
19th 555 4:09.0 4s/4f Little Rock South Central OVC (8)
20th 558 1:43.5 2s/2f (“B”) Chattanooga South 20 SoCon (3)
21st 560 4:17.1 6s/6f North Alabama South 27 ASUN (11)
22nd 625 4:19.1 5s/5f Troy South Sun Belt (13)
— 0 — 4s/4f Belmont South Missouri Valley (8)

September 26 Gans Creek Classic
Columbia, Mo. * Gans Creek Cross Country Course (host: Missouri)
6.0k (3.7M)

Vanderbilt Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 57th Claire PETERSEN SO 20:23.71 57 — 20:23.8
2 67th Tyla LUMLEY SR 20:29.57 67 0:05.8 20:26.7
3 90th Lily KRIEGEL SO 20:46.26 90 0:22.5 20:33.2
4 137th Hannah HUYLER FR 21:09.91 133 0:46.2 20:42.4
5 200th Myrto VALACHA FR 21:53.34 187 1:29.6 20:56.6
6 223rd Johna GRISIK SR 22:27.84 (204) 2:04.1 21:11.8
Team Scores
Team
Rank		 Score 1-5
Gap		 TAP
s/f		 Team NCAA DI
Region		 Conference
1st 102 1:07.6 5s/5f #5 Florida South 1 AQ SEC (1)
2nd 126 0:38.0 6s/6f #8 Northern Arizona Mountain 3 Big Sky (1)
3rd 166 0:53.4 7s/7f #13 Colorado Mountain 4 Big 12 (5)
4th 210 0:57.0 7s/7f #24 Virginia Southeast 4 ACC (5)
5th 223 0:30.4 5s/5f #17 Utah Mountain 5 Big 12 (6)
6th 225 1:31.2 4s/4f #3 Oregon West 2 AQ Big Ten (1)
7th 228 1:39.5 6s/6f #20 Iowa State Midwest 3 Big 12 (2)
8th 254 1:09.8 7s/7f #28 Missouri Midwest 4 SEC (5)
9th 261 1:51.9 5s/5f #27 Washington State West 4 WCC (1)
10th 313 2:05.4 6s/6f #21 Wake Forest Southeast 5 ACC (9)
11th 320 1:04.1 6s/5f Duke Southeast 6 ACC (6)
12th 358 2:01.3 7s/7f #30 Tennessee South 2 AQ SEC (7)
13th 402 0:58.6 4s/4f Michigan State Great Lakes 4 Big Ten (5)
14th 403 0:46.2 6s/6f Tulane South Central 3 American (1)
15th 437 1:06.2 7s/7f Syracuse Northeast 4 ACC (13)
16th 448 1:22.0 6s/6f Nebraska Midwest 13 Big Ten (8)
17th 450 1:01.7 4s/4f Princeton Mid-Atlantic 5 Ivy League (1)
18th 458 0:46.7 6s/6f Oregon State West 9 WCC (3)
19th 479 2:35.5 5s/5f #16 Alabama South 3 SEC (2)
20th 510 1:34.5 7s/7f Ole Miss South 8 SEC (11)
21st 520 0:48.4 7s/7f Furman Southeast 12 SoCon (1)
22nd 530 0:38.2 8s/8f Lipscomb South 7 ASUN (1)
23rd 533 1:05.5 5s/5f Michigan Great Lakes 7 Big Ten (9)
24th 534 1:29.6 5s/5f VANDERBILT South 5 SEC (10)
25th 591 1:32.5 5s/5f Air Force Mountain 6 Mountain West (3)
26th 615 1:09.9 6s/6f Ohio State Great Lakes 10 Big Ten (10)
27th 650 1:58.0 7s/7f Utah Valley Mountain 9 WAC (2)
28th 679 0:41.9 4s/4f UCLA West 12 Big Ten (12)
29th 721 1:44.8 6s/5f Oklahoma Midwest 7 SEC (12)
30th 897 1:08.0 5s/5f Weber State Mountain 13 Big Sky (2)
31st 928 1:11.7 6s/6f Montana State Mountain 11 Big Sky (3)
— 0 — 1s/1f (“B”) Baylor South Central 12 Big 12 (14)

August 29 Belmont Opener
Nashville, Tenn. * Vaughn’s Creek Cross Country Course, Percy Warner Park (host: Belmont)
5.0k (3.1M)

Vanderbilt Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 2nd Hannah HUYLER FR 18:14.0 2 — 18:14.0
2 3rd Tyla LUMLEY SR 18:14.2 3 0:00.2 18:14.1
3 4th Myrto VALACHA FR 18:14.4 4 0:00.4 18:14.2
4 12th Johna GRISIK SR 18:57.1 12 0:43.1 18:24.9
5 22nd Mackenzie CULPEPPER SR 20:01.3 22 1:47.3 18:44.2

Season Individual Results

Tyla LUMLEY – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 29 Belmont Opener 5.0k (3.1M) 18:14.2 3rd 2
Sep 26 Gans Creek Classic (College) 6.0k (3.7M) 20:29.6 67th 2
Oct 17 Crimson Cl 5.9k (3.6M) 19:59.3 8th 1
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 20:56.9 35th 1
Nov 14 South 6.0k (3.7M) 19:58.4 20th 3

Claire PETERSEN – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 26 Gans Creek Classic (College) 6.0k (3.7M) 20:23.8 57th 1
Oct 17 Crimson Cl 5.9k (3.6M) 20:08.7 10th 2
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 21:15.2 51st 4
Nov 14 South 6.0k (3.7M) 19:54.6 17th 2

Bria BENNIS – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Oct 17 Crimson Cl 5.9k (3.6M) 20:21.1 15th 3
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 21:00.0 37th 2
Nov 14 South 6.0k (3.7M) 19:51.3 13th 1

Lily KRIEGEL – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 26 Gans Creek Classic (College) 6.0k (3.7M) 20:46.3 90th 3
Oct 17 Crimson Cl 5.9k (3.6M) 21:07.5 42nd 4
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 21:09.2 47th 3
Nov 14 South 6.0k (3.7M) 20:32.8 44th 4

Hannah HUYLER – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 29 Belmont Opener 5.0k (3.1M) 18:14.0 2nd 1
Sep 26 Gans Creek Classic (College) 6.0k (3.7M) 21:10.0 137th 4
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 22:37.0 107th 6
Nov 14 South 6.0k (3.7M) 21:08.7 71st 6

Betsy JEPKEMEI – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Oct 17 Crimson Cl 5.9k (3.6M) 21:22.8 49th 5
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 23:25.2 132nd 8
Nov 14 South 6.0k (3.7M) 20:52.9 60th 5

Myrto VALACHA – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 29 Belmont Opener 5.0k (3.1M) 18:14.4 4th 3
Sep 26 Gans Creek Classic (College) 6.0k (3.7M) 21:53.4 200th 5
Oct 17 Crimson Cl 5.9k (3.6M) 22:02.2 88th 6
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 22:32.0 106th 5
Nov 14 South 6.0k (3.7M) 21:16.4 83rd 7

Johna GRISIK – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 29 Belmont Opener 5.0k (3.1M) 18:57.1 12th 4
Sep 26 Gans Creek Classic (College) 6.0k (3.7M) 22:27.9 223rd 6
Oct 17 Crimson Cl 5.9k (3.6M) 22:13.1 97th 7
Oct 31 SEC 6.0k (3.7M) 23:12.0 129th 7

Sofia DAY – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 29 Belmont Opener 5.0k (3.1M) — 0

Mackenzie CULPEPPER – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 29 Belmont Opener 5.0k (3.1M) 20:01.3 22nd 5