Women's Cross Country Wins Ozarks Cross Country Invitational
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. – The University of Dallas women's cross country team won the Ozarks Cross Country Invitational on Saturday with a score of 33. The top seven averaged a time of 22:17 and posted a total time of 1:51:26.
Finishing second was host University of the Ozarks with a 66 and Hendrix College rounded out the top three with a 71.
Anna Wilgenbusch (St. Paul, Minn.) came in 2nd with a 20:49.9 time. The freshmen continues to lead the Crusaders in all the team's 5k races thus far. She headlined a quartet of top-10 finishes by UD. Sabrina Lucio (Chino, Calif.) finished 6th (22:00.3), Clare Hernandez (Dade City, Fla.) finished 7th (22:21), Emma Kate Callahan (Overland Park, Kan.) finished 8th (22:49.3), and Katie Dieteman (Erie, Pa.) finished 10th (23:26.3). Dieteman's time was a season-best.
Six Crusaders garnered their fastest times on the season including Dieteman. Joining her were Amy Foote (Saint Paul, Minn.) with a 23:29.7, Mary Korth (McKinney, Texas) at 23:59.5, Mackenzie Tano (Wylie, Texas) at 25:27, Kimberly Keally (Anderson, Texas) at 25:31.7, Mary Rose Corkery (Mansfield, Mass.) at 25:56.2, and Hannah Guth (Lake Charles, La.) at 26:11.2.
A trio of runners hit personal records led by Elizabeth Regnerus (Round Rock, Texas) with a 23:46.8 time. She also rounded out the top seven runners for Dallas with a 14th place finish. Courtney Nguyen (Houston, Texas) and Isabella Childs (Saint Mary's, Kan.) also PR'd at 24:42.3 and 24:52.9, respectively.
This is the third time historically that UD's women's cross country team has won this invitational. The other two times were October 1, 2011 and September 29, 2012.
UP NEXT
Dallas runs a final 5k this season with its home invitational on October 13.