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Washington University Battles to Fifth Place Among Nation’s Best

Washington University Battles to Fifth Place Among Nation’s Best

From Washington University Athletics

The Washington University in St. Louis women's cross country team placed fifth overall in the Principia College Cowbell Classic on Saturday morning, during a hot and humid race on the North Farm Cross Country Course.

The women finished in fifth place out of 36 teams in competition of which 15 were listed on the latest USTFCCCA Top-35 list. No. 1-ranked Johns Hopkins placed first narrowly edging out No. 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by two points. No. 4 Geneseo, No. 24 Wheaton and No. 2 WashU completed the top-five scores.

The women were led by senior Alison Lindsay's season-best time of 22:35.81 during the 6K. Senior Audrey Western (22:40.56) finished about five seconds behind Lindsay while junior Ellie Degen (22:57.10) and senior Mattie Gottbrath (23:06.21) ended the race within the top-50 runners.

Closing out the women's scoring times was senior Anna Maurer (23:09.95) as she finished in 52nd place while the Bears combined for four times within the 50-60 range. Freshmen Annemarie Michael (23:12.83) and Lara Rix (23:13.37) as well as junior Jeri Glicksman (23:15.42) crossed the finish line within the top-60 runners out of 332 competitors to finish the race.

Women's Team Scores

Placement

Name

Score

Total Time

Average

1

Johns Hopkins

74

1:50:06.12

22:01.23

2

MIT

76

1:50:12.32

22:02.47

3

Geneseo

141

1:53:05.73

22:37.15

4

Wheaton

178

1:53:58.86

22:47.78

5

WashU

185

1:54:29.63

22:53.93

 

 

Women's Individual Times

Placement

Name

Time

24

Alison Lindsay

22:35.81

27

Audrey Western

22:40.56

38

Ellie Degen

22:57.10

47

Mattie Gottbrath

23:06.21

52

Anna Maurer

23:09.95

56

Annemarie Michael

23:12.83

57

Lara Rix

23:13.58

60

Jeri Glicksman

23:15.42

73

Lisa Gorham

23:25.10

82

Molly Shepherd

23:38.70

100

Elizabeth Hagstrom

23:54.50

136

Abby Martin

24:19.88