Saturday, October 18
Terre Haute, Ind.
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NCAA Pre-Nationals
Beard Places 14th at NCAA Pre-Nationals
10/18/2014 7:21:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - A 14th place finish from sophomore Brittany Beard pushed the IPFW Mastodons to a 29th place finish in the second of two races at the 2014 Indiana State University Pre-Nationals Invitational hosted at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country course.
Washington State won the "White" race with 143 points, followed by Southern Illinois (182), and Iowa (246). Louisville (250) and Texas Tech (251) rounded out the top five, while Eastern Washington (252), Bowling Green (262), Central Michigan (328), Southern Utah (344), and Loyola (Ill.) (348) rounded out the top 10. IPFW totaled 736 points, ahead of UNC-Greensboro (746), UTEP (782), Central Arkansas (787), and Cincinnati (836) rounded out the teams in the field.,
Beard's time of 22:02.5 is the second-fastest 6,000-meter time in the Summit League this season, and the fifth-fastest time in school history. Rachel Kacer placed 160th in a time of 24:18.4. A string of five freshmen followed, led by a 180th place finish from Breanna Fensler in a time of 24:50.5.
Kayla McGurk took 194th in 25:21.7, two spots ahead of Taylor Busch, who crossed the tape in a time of 25:22.8 to round out the team's scoring five. Brittany Fensler placed 204th in a time of 25:56.4, while Sydney Strang took 207th in 26:23.2.
Competing in the open race, Andrea Bell placed 87th in a time of 25:45.1, while Cheryl Morris and Emily Roman finished back-to-back in 92nd and 93rd, running times of 26:26.6 and 26:34.4, respectively.
After a weekend off, the Mastodons take back to the course at the 2014 Summit League Championships, held in Fargo, North Dakota, and hosted by North Dakota State.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
Washington State won the "White" race with 143 points, followed by Southern Illinois (182), and Iowa (246). Louisville (250) and Texas Tech (251) rounded out the top five, while Eastern Washington (252), Bowling Green (262), Central Michigan (328), Southern Utah (344), and Loyola (Ill.) (348) rounded out the top 10. IPFW totaled 736 points, ahead of UNC-Greensboro (746), UTEP (782), Central Arkansas (787), and Cincinnati (836) rounded out the teams in the field.,
Beard's time of 22:02.5 is the second-fastest 6,000-meter time in the Summit League this season, and the fifth-fastest time in school history. Rachel Kacer placed 160th in a time of 24:18.4. A string of five freshmen followed, led by a 180th place finish from Breanna Fensler in a time of 24:50.5.
Kayla McGurk took 194th in 25:21.7, two spots ahead of Taylor Busch, who crossed the tape in a time of 25:22.8 to round out the team's scoring five. Brittany Fensler placed 204th in a time of 25:56.4, while Sydney Strang took 207th in 26:23.2.
Competing in the open race, Andrea Bell placed 87th in a time of 25:45.1, while Cheryl Morris and Emily Roman finished back-to-back in 92nd and 93rd, running times of 26:26.6 and 26:34.4, respectively.
After a weekend off, the Mastodons take back to the course at the 2014 Summit League Championships, held in Fargo, North Dakota, and hosted by North Dakota State.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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