Saturday, September 29
Stanford, CA
9:30 AM
University of Washington
vs
Stanford Invitational (Women)
Huskies A Good Start At Stanford Led By Rainsberger, Neal
September 29, 2018 | Cross Country
STANFORD, Calif. – The 16th-ranked Husky women's cross country squad got its season in gear today with a solid third-place finish at the Stanford Invitational at the Stanford Golf Course. Washington was led by a pair of juniors in the top-five, as Katie Rainsberger was the runner-up today and Kaitlyn Neal finished fifth.
This was the first real race effort for UW after it ran prescribed paces at the Sundodger Invitational back on Sept. 8. The Dawgs put ten women on the starting line today, five of which were getting their first real racing in as Huskies.
That includes Rainsberger, who showed the form that earned her top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships the past two Novembers while running at Oregon. Rainsberger covered the 6,000-meter course in 20:39 to finish second, as Stanford All-American Elise Cranny won in 20:32.
Neal made her season debut in impressive fashion with a fifth-place effort in 21:01. Senior Emily Hamlin and sophomore Allie Schadler finished close together, Hamlin in 20th in 21:35 and Schadler in 21:36 for 21st-place. The fifth Husky finisher to cap the scoring was junior Nikki Zielinski in 45th in 22:15.
Redshirt freshman Sarah Carter was the sixth Husky finisher in 47th in 22:23 and freshman Madison Heisterman was seventh in 53rd in a time of 22:29. Sophomore Kiera Marshall came through in 22:37 for 59th and redshirt freshman Shona McCulloch was 91st in 23:12 in a field of 165 finishers.
Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Maurica Powell thought it was a good first effort for the Dawgs. "We had a solid day out there. Good first real competitive effort for Katie and a good opener for Kaitlin. The top four did a really nice job working together. Allie probably was the surprise of the day for exceeding expectations. She was great. The only real hiccup was Olivia O'Keeffe who was in scoring position for us but didn't finish, but she will be fine.
"We'll add a few more kids to the lineup here over the next month and just keep trying to get better, but this was a step in the right direction," Powell said.
Third-ranked Stanford got the team win with 62 points and Adams State, the No. 1-ranked team in the D-II poll, was second with 69 points while the Dawgs placed third with 90 points, ahead of UCLA, Cal Poly, San Jose State, and Arizona State, in that order from fourth to seventh. A total of nineteen teams competed today.
The women will now have a week off before they and the men's team will both head for Pre-Nationals, held in Madison, Wisconsin on Oct. 12.
This was the first real race effort for UW after it ran prescribed paces at the Sundodger Invitational back on Sept. 8. The Dawgs put ten women on the starting line today, five of which were getting their first real racing in as Huskies.
That includes Rainsberger, who showed the form that earned her top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships the past two Novembers while running at Oregon. Rainsberger covered the 6,000-meter course in 20:39 to finish second, as Stanford All-American Elise Cranny won in 20:32.
Neal made her season debut in impressive fashion with a fifth-place effort in 21:01. Senior Emily Hamlin and sophomore Allie Schadler finished close together, Hamlin in 20th in 21:35 and Schadler in 21:36 for 21st-place. The fifth Husky finisher to cap the scoring was junior Nikki Zielinski in 45th in 22:15.
Redshirt freshman Sarah Carter was the sixth Husky finisher in 47th in 22:23 and freshman Madison Heisterman was seventh in 53rd in a time of 22:29. Sophomore Kiera Marshall came through in 22:37 for 59th and redshirt freshman Shona McCulloch was 91st in 23:12 in a field of 165 finishers.
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Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Maurica Powell thought it was a good first effort for the Dawgs. "We had a solid day out there. Good first real competitive effort for Katie and a good opener for Kaitlin. The top four did a really nice job working together. Allie probably was the surprise of the day for exceeding expectations. She was great. The only real hiccup was Olivia O'Keeffe who was in scoring position for us but didn't finish, but she will be fine.
"We'll add a few more kids to the lineup here over the next month and just keep trying to get better, but this was a step in the right direction," Powell said.
Third-ranked Stanford got the team win with 62 points and Adams State, the No. 1-ranked team in the D-II poll, was second with 69 points while the Dawgs placed third with 90 points, ahead of UCLA, Cal Poly, San Jose State, and Arizona State, in that order from fourth to seventh. A total of nineteen teams competed today.
The women will now have a week off before they and the men's team will both head for Pre-Nationals, held in Madison, Wisconsin on Oct. 12.
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