LOUISVILLE, Ky. - App State women's cross country placed 27th in the 20th annual Live in Lou Cross Country Classic at on Saturday morning at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park.
The field featured two nationally-ranked programs in No. 8 Michigan and No. 26 Wisconsin, while West Virginia also participated. The Wolverines captured the team title with 39 points while the Badgers (75 points) and WVU (122 points) finished second and third, respectively.
Ceili McCabe of West Virginia won the team title with a time of 16:27.8.
Four of the top five finishers for the Black and Gold, who finished with 718 points, were freshmen.
"We had a very young squad in the field that was the deepest and most talented they'd ever race in," said head coach
Michael Curcio. Macki and Jasmine did a fine job of getting in position. Our freshmen kept it together keeping the 1-5 spread under 45 seconds."
Macki Walsh paced the Black and Gold with a time of 18:03.2 in the 5k to finish 88th.
Jasmine Donohue's time of 18:19.7 gave the freshman a 124th place finish.
A trio of first-year Mountaineers rounded out the top five with
Alexis Svoboda crossing the line with a time of 18:42.9 for 181st.
Karsyn Kane (189th) posted a time of 18:45.7, and
Kirstin Towle (193rd) finished with a time of 18:46.9.
"We'll have a chance to get that average back down in a smaller field at the High Point Vertcross in two weeks. The smaller field will help our ladies make adjustments for the Sun Belt Championships in four weeks."
App State returns to action in two weeks on Oct. 15 at the High Point Vertcross hosted by High Point.
