Saturday, September 21
Terre Haute, IN
6:45 AM
University of Washington
vs
John McNichols Invitational (Women)
Women Put Five In Top-20 At McNichols Invite
September 21, 2019 | Cross Country
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Husky women's cross country team came down out of the mountains and turned in a great first effort against a loaded field this morning at the John McNichols Invitational. The Dawgs were one of four top-10 teams at the early season test, and put five women in the top-20 to take third overall at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
The team race was a four-way battle between the Huskies, fifth-ranked Arkansas, fourth-ranked Michigan, and eighth-ranked Stanford. The senior laden Razorbacks got the narrow victory with 49 points, with Stanford scoring 54, the Huskies third with 66 points, and Michigan fourth with 75 points in a field with 21 total teams.
Despite dropping into Terre Haute the day before, straight from preseason camp, and getting up at 3 a.m. Seattle time to race, the Huskies still put out a great effort today.
Leading the Huskies in her first collegiate race was freshman Melany Smart from Perth, Australia. Smart covered the 5,000-meter course in 16-minutes, 42-seconds to take fifth-place overall in a field full of All-Americans.
Also finishing in the top-10 was one of those All-Americans, Husky senior Katie Rainsberger, who was eighth today in 16:50. Three more Huskies came across within nine seconds of each other, as All-American senior Lilli Burdon was 16th in 17:18, junior Allie Schadler was 18th in 17:19, and sophomore Camila David-Smith was 20th in 17:27.
Sophomore Madison Heisterman came through in a time of 17:46 to take 40th overall and senior Kaitlyn Neal rounded out the top-seven with a 43rd-place finish in 17:50. Sophomore Shona McCulloch was 48th in 18:00 and next came sophomore Kelly Makin in 62nd-place, junior Hannah Waskom in 64th, and junior Kiera Marshall in 70th-place overall in a field of 234 finishers.
"Happy with all of it really," said Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Maurica Powell. "I expected them to look tired, and they did, but they handled it really well. Mel and Katie were great up front and did what I expected them to do. Lilli and Allie started way better than last year. Camila was a nice surprise today. Only minor misfire was Shona who took on a lot at altitude and was on the other side of too tired, but I know her fitness is good."
"We're excited to get back to sea level and get in a good routine, get in school and go from there. But this was the best start I've had with a team in a really long time," Powell said.
The next race for the women will be another trip to Indiana, this time to Notre Dame for the Joe Piane Invitational on Oct. 4.
The team race was a four-way battle between the Huskies, fifth-ranked Arkansas, fourth-ranked Michigan, and eighth-ranked Stanford. The senior laden Razorbacks got the narrow victory with 49 points, with Stanford scoring 54, the Huskies third with 66 points, and Michigan fourth with 75 points in a field with 21 total teams.
Despite dropping into Terre Haute the day before, straight from preseason camp, and getting up at 3 a.m. Seattle time to race, the Huskies still put out a great effort today.
Leading the Huskies in her first collegiate race was freshman Melany Smart from Perth, Australia. Smart covered the 5,000-meter course in 16-minutes, 42-seconds to take fifth-place overall in a field full of All-Americans.
Also finishing in the top-10 was one of those All-Americans, Husky senior Katie Rainsberger, who was eighth today in 16:50. Three more Huskies came across within nine seconds of each other, as All-American senior Lilli Burdon was 16th in 17:18, junior Allie Schadler was 18th in 17:19, and sophomore Camila David-Smith was 20th in 17:27.
Sophomore Madison Heisterman came through in a time of 17:46 to take 40th overall and senior Kaitlyn Neal rounded out the top-seven with a 43rd-place finish in 17:50. Sophomore Shona McCulloch was 48th in 18:00 and next came sophomore Kelly Makin in 62nd-place, junior Hannah Waskom in 64th, and junior Kiera Marshall in 70th-place overall in a field of 234 finishers.
"Happy with all of it really," said Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Maurica Powell. "I expected them to look tired, and they did, but they handled it really well. Mel and Katie were great up front and did what I expected them to do. Lilli and Allie started way better than last year. Camila was a nice surprise today. Only minor misfire was Shona who took on a lot at altitude and was on the other side of too tired, but I know her fitness is good."
"We're excited to get back to sea level and get in a good routine, get in school and go from there. But this was the best start I've had with a team in a really long time," Powell said.
The next race for the women will be another trip to Indiana, this time to Notre Dame for the Joe Piane Invitational on Oct. 4.
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