Women’s team claims first at NCAA Pre-Nationals

MADISON, Wisc. – The Washington State Cross Country team raced in the NCAA Pre-Nationals Saturday morning. In the Women’s “B” 6k race, the Cougars finished first overall as a team, with freshman Zenah Cheptoo being the team’s top finisher.  Cheptoo finished second with a time of 20:11.7. Alaina Stone Boggs finished in 7^th with a time of 20:38.9. Caroline Jepkorir finished 13th with a personal best time of 20:51.9.
 
In the men’s 8k “B” race, the Cougars finished in fifth place with a total of 190 points. Evans Kurui finished in second place with a time of 23:38.2. This time would have put him in 63^rd in the A race earlier this morning. Brian Barsaiya took one of the top 10 spots, finishing 7^th with a time of 24:07.5. Leif Swanson snuck into the top 30 with a time of 24:29.4, finishing 29^th.
 
The Cougs next meet will be in Stockton, California for the West Coast Conference Championships, on November 2^nd.
 
Womens 6k – Team Results 

1. Washington St., 77 points  

2. Air Force, 148 points 

3. Vanderbilt, 176 points 

4. Northeastern, 189 points 

5. Ohio State, 199 points 

6. Auburn, 229 points 

7. Indiana, 241 

8. Illinois, 256 points 

9. South Dakota St., 300 points 

10. CBU, 311 points 

11. Quinnipiac, 348 points 

12. Pittsburgh, 362 points 

13. Purdue, 369 points 

14. Utah State, 376 points 

15. Kansas, 379 points 

16. Central Michigan, 383 points 

17. Elon, 385 points 

18. Illinois State, 477 points 

19. Southern Utah, 492 points 

20. Belmont, 520 points 

21. Miami, 520 points 

22. UMass Lowell, 521 points 

 

23. Western Michigan, 571 points

 

24. James Madison, 618 points

 

25. Oakland, 632 points

 

26. South Dakota, 633 points

 

27. Eastern Kentucky, 642 points

 

28. Miami (Ohio), 688 points

 

 

Womens 6k – WSU Individuals 

Zenah Cheptoo, 20:11.7, 2^nd

 

Alaina Stone Boggs, 20:38.9, 7^th

 

Caroline Jepkorir, 20:51.9, 13th (PB)

 

Nemma Kimtai, 21:03.3, 25^th

 

Nicole Bissell, 21:08.4, 30^th

 

Jessica Duran, 21:33.2, 49^th

 

Kaleena Narus, 22:16.2, 109^th

 

Lindsay Siebert, 22:33.8, 129^th

 

 

 

 

Men’s 8k – Team Results 

1. Purdue, 73 points

2. Illinois, 148 points 

3. Ohio State, 177 points 

4. Yale, 180 points 

5. Washington State, 190 points 

6. Utah Valley, 202 points 

7. Florida, 223 points 

8. Belmont, 235 points 

9. Weber State, 237 points 

10. Southern Utah, 253 points 

11. UMass Lowell, 283 points 

12. Liberty, 305 points 

13. Pittsburgh, 309 points 

14. Minnesota, 316 points 

15. Kansas, 330 points 

16. Illinois State, 343 points 

17. South Dakota St., 366 points 

18. Miami (Ohio), 413 points 

19. Vanderbilt, 520 points 

 

20. Oakland, 556 points

 

21. Northeastern, 594 points

 

22. South Dakota, 613 points

 

23. Central Michigan, 620 points

 

24. Miami, 681 points

 

25. Valparaiso, 739 points

Men’s 8k – WSU Individuals 

Evans Kurui, 23:38.2, 2^nd

 

Brian Barsaiya, 24:07.5, 7^th

 

Leif Swanson, 24:29.4, 29^th

 

Kelvin Limo, 24:33.6, 34^th

 

Leo Cook, 25:34.1, 118^th

 

Evan Bruce, 25:48.8, 131^st

 

Grayson Wilcott, 26:04.8, 145^th

 

Eric Swedin, 26:13.1, 150^th