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Saturday, October 28
Fairborn, Ohio
Noon
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Horizon League Championships
King Wins Horizon League Title as Mastodon Women Finish Runners-Up
10/28/2023 1:18:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
FAIRBORN, Ohio – Madison King brought home Purdue Fort Wayne's third individual conference title in program history and the first Horizon League title at Saturday's (Oct. 28) Horizon League Cross Country Championship.
King captured the individual crown with a personal best 6K time of 20:34.89. She ran the second-fastest time in school history and came within two seconds of Emma Rafuse's school record of 20:33.0. Brooke Neal finished fourth overall to earn First Team All-Horizon League with a personal record of 21:15.11, the school's fifth-fastest time. Riley Tate finished 10th to earn Second Team All-Horizon League with the school's sixth-best time of 21:39.0.
Ava Genovese was the fourth runner for the 'Dons and finished 35th with a time of 22:59.59. Mercedes Sarver turned in her personal record time of 23:11.02 to finish 43rd as the fifth runner for the 'Dons.
Haylee Hile ran a personal best 23:26.78 to finish 50th. Lydia Carrell took 58th at 23:36.23. Faith Allen also ran a personal best time of 23:52.44 to finish 65th.
Purdue Fort Wayne scored 92 points to finish as the runner-up behind Oakland. The 'Dons won the Summit League in 2007 but finished second for the third time in program history on Saturday.
Purdue Fort Wayne will head to Madison, Wis. to take part in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. The Mastodons will run at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course on Friday, November 10.
King captured the individual crown with a personal best 6K time of 20:34.89. She ran the second-fastest time in school history and came within two seconds of Emma Rafuse's school record of 20:33.0. Brooke Neal finished fourth overall to earn First Team All-Horizon League with a personal record of 21:15.11, the school's fifth-fastest time. Riley Tate finished 10th to earn Second Team All-Horizon League with the school's sixth-best time of 21:39.0.
Ava Genovese was the fourth runner for the 'Dons and finished 35th with a time of 22:59.59. Mercedes Sarver turned in her personal record time of 23:11.02 to finish 43rd as the fifth runner for the 'Dons.
Haylee Hile ran a personal best 23:26.78 to finish 50th. Lydia Carrell took 58th at 23:36.23. Faith Allen also ran a personal best time of 23:52.44 to finish 65th.
Purdue Fort Wayne scored 92 points to finish as the runner-up behind Oakland. The 'Dons won the Summit League in 2007 but finished second for the third time in program history on Saturday.
Purdue Fort Wayne will head to Madison, Wis. to take part in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. The Mastodons will run at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course on Friday, November 10.
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