Women's Cross Country Team Finishes 13th At NCAAs
November 22, 1999 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 22, 1999
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Brigham Young used great depth to win their second national championship in three years Monday during the 1999 NCAA women's cross country meet at the University of Indiana. The second-ranked Cougars pulled away from the pack, finishing with an outstanding score of 72 despite having no runners finish in the top ten.
BYU was followed by No. 3 Arkansas which tallied 125 points to edge No. 1 Stanford (127) for second place. No. 7 Washington, who placed ninth in the 1998 meet, competed at nationals for the fifth time in six years finishing 13th with a score of 403. The Huskies were paced by the 78th-place performance of junior Jen Schindler (17:52) and a 97th-place outing by Anna Aoki (18:01).
Wisconsin sophomore Erica Palmer raced to a narrow victory for the individual championship, completing the 5,000-meter course in 16-minutes, 40-seconds. Arkansas teammates Amy Yoder (16:45) and Larissa Kleinman (16:49) finished second and third, respectively. Brigham young had all five runners finish in the top 26 led by Elizabeth Jackson's 11th-place time of 17:00.
NCAA Cross Country Championships Nov. 22, 1999
IU Cross Country Course, Bloomington, Ind.
Women's Results (5,000 meters)
Team Scores -- 1, Brigham Young, 72. 2, Arkansas, 125. 3, Stanford, 127. 4, Wisconsin, 185. 5, Kansas State, 232. 6, North Carolina, 294. 7, Georgetown, 321. 13, Washington, 403.
Individual -- 1, Erica Palmer, Wisconsin, 16:40. 2, Amy Yoder, Arkansas, 16:45. 3, Larissa Kleinman, Arkansas, 16:49. 4, Hanna Lyngstad, Tulane, 16:51. 5, Lauren Fleshman, Stanford, 16:51. 6, Leigh Daniel, Texas Tech, 16:52. 7, Erin Sullivan, Stanford, 16:57. Washington Finishers -- 78, Jen Schindler, 17:52. 97, Anna Aoki, 18:01. 113, Melinda Campbell, 18:07. 119, Kara Syrdal, 18:08. 128, Kate Bradshaw, 18:12. 147, Margaret Butler, 18:19. 185, Ashley Foianini, 18:35.
