Reyes led the men’s team, notching the 10th top-10 finish in the program’s NCAA Championship history. The women’s team secured a third place finish among 56 teams, while the men’s team finished sixth of 55 teams.
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The top finisher for the women’s team was junior Sarah Reiter who finished in eighth with a time of 18 minutes, 25.8 seconds.
For Utah, sophomore Hannah McInturff finished in 104th place. Tiernan claimed five individual races in this season at the Main Line Invitational, Paul Short Run, Princeton Invitational, BIG EAST Championship and Mid-Atlantic Regional leading up to today’s race.
Barrett said Penn State’s team mentality benefited her personal showing. Considering the men’s and women’s finishes, it’s safe to say coach knows best.
The women’s team did not qualify for the national meet, but freshman star Carolina Johnson received an individual invitation after placing 11th at the NCAA West Regional. “We designed a racing plan for her and she executed it perfectly”, first-year head coach Chris Shane said.
Idaho (13-4-1, 9-0 BSC) clinched the Big Sky regular season title last week and will host this year’s conference tournament.
“It’s exciting. I think it gives me a few confidence going into this weekend that I can compete with that top group of NCAA girls”, Teschuk said Wednesday.
Live scoring for the NCAA Championships can be found here. “She raced with a lot of poise out there in her first national championships and came away with a coveted All-American honor”.
“If I’m not mistaken, New Mexico held out two of their top seven runners (at regionals)”, Wetmore said.
Herbster, however, said that being young should not be an excuse for the team’s performance. He, Reyes and Martinez were already looking ahead to next season immediately after the race.
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Though the weather was cold and windy, preventing even the 30-odd spectators who road tripped from Williams to watch the race from donning bare chests and body paint, the course was flat and fast, allowing the women to excel. Initially, we thought we didn’t make it, then Flotrack unofficially projected us to be selected. The OR junior won by 26 seconds. “This has been a great year for us and today was a fantastic way to end the season”. In 2014, the pair led Colorado State to a 19th-place national finish as Mock placed 53rd nationally while Abbey took 73rd.
