NCAA Cross Country Championship Quotes

The seventh place finish is the best in school history.

On the men’s side, Will Reyes was just as good. The EWU men’s team finished in fourth place on the 8,000 meter course behind Southern Utah. “I am very happy that Lacey was able to earn All-American honors her senior year, as she’s been working hard towards it for all these years”, said Farwell.

Temperatures on the Missouri Southern State University course were in the low 30s at race time, but 20-mile-per-hour winds from the north produced a wind-chill in the low-20s. “We’ve never experienced a day quite like today”. But she was unruffled throughout. She led the Eagles to the second round of the WNIT this past season, helping the program record its first-ever postseason win in the process. A year ago as an individual, Walden had the top finish by proxy after claiming 17th individually before today’s leading effort.

Thompson, a week removed from a second-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, took the start for the second national championships of his Duke cross country career. Pietrzyk has benefited from stiff competition, as she’s run closely all season with Arkansas’ Dominique Scott, the three-time SEC champion, and Tennessee’s Chelsea Blaase. “We are young, but now we must cross over from being young to being good”.

For Utah, sophomore Hannah McInturff finished in 104th place. The host team, Southern Utah, took the men’s conference title while Weber State won the championship for the women. Caton Avilla finished 159th and Connor Fisher 192nd.

Thomson, a sophomore transfer, was the first Wildcat to qualify for the NCAA Championships since Cally Macumber in 2013. “I’m very happy. The women were wonderful, they did perfectly”. “She ran with a lot of guts and a lot of confidence”, said CSU head coach Art Siemers following Friday’s meet.

Kigen, who has found success a long way from home, qualified for the NCAA Championships after finishing fifth at the NCAA South Regional on November 13 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. “I’m looking forward to seeing what this group can do in the track season ahead”. “We’re ranked 30 in the coaches’ poll, which I think is absurd, and we think we’re a top 20 team on a Wisconsin-like day and we’re a top 15 team – maybe even a little better – if we run like we did at Regionals or better”. “We weren’t stuck behind any one and we just kept moving up and just trying to pass as many people as we could”. “They did everything we asked of them and they’re all back but one so we’ll be ready to do it again next year”.