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Saturday, October 15
Terre Haute, Ind.
10 a.m.
James Madison University
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Pre-Nationals
Cross Country Places 35th at Challenging Pre-Nationals
10/15/2016 6:28:00 PM | Cross Country
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – James Madison women's cross country finished 35th at Pre-Nationals, a meet featuring some of the top teams in the country, on Saturday at the 6K LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
Seven of the 42 teams that competed in the Blue Race with JMU are ranked in the USTFCCCA Top 30 national poll. JMU collected 815 points from its top five runners.
Senior Carol Strock was the lone top-100 finisher for the Dukes, coming in 72nd place with a time of 21:12.0. Junior Nora Raher completed the course in 21:45.4, good for 132nd in the 285-runner field.
JMU rounded out its scoring with sophomore Olivia Viparina (168th – 21:56.8), senior Tessa Mundell (187th – 22:05.1) and freshman Caitlin Swanson (256th – 23:04.1).
The Dukes also had three runners in the Open Race, highlighted by freshman Emily Murphy running the 6K in 22:50.8, good for 25th out of 101 runners.
Colorado won the Women's Blue Race title with 93 points. Michigan's Erin Finn won the individual title with a time of 19:44.7
BLUE RACE RESULTS
OPEN RACE RESULTS
QUOTING COACH RINKER
"It was an extremely great field and the race went out very fast. We didn't get out well, but we really moved up from 2K to 5K, but that took too much out of us and we fell apart in the last 1,000. I loved our effort, we just need to be more committed earlier at the start."
UP NEXT
The Dukes run for the Colonial Athletic Association championship in two weeks, on Oct. 29 in Newark, Del.
Seven of the 42 teams that competed in the Blue Race with JMU are ranked in the USTFCCCA Top 30 national poll. JMU collected 815 points from its top five runners.
Senior Carol Strock was the lone top-100 finisher for the Dukes, coming in 72nd place with a time of 21:12.0. Junior Nora Raher completed the course in 21:45.4, good for 132nd in the 285-runner field.
JMU rounded out its scoring with sophomore Olivia Viparina (168th – 21:56.8), senior Tessa Mundell (187th – 22:05.1) and freshman Caitlin Swanson (256th – 23:04.1).
The Dukes also had three runners in the Open Race, highlighted by freshman Emily Murphy running the 6K in 22:50.8, good for 25th out of 101 runners.
Colorado won the Women's Blue Race title with 93 points. Michigan's Erin Finn won the individual title with a time of 19:44.7
BLUE RACE RESULTS
| Runner | Finish | Time |
| Carol Strock | 72nd | 21:12.0 |
| Nora Raher | 132nd | 21:45.4 |
| Olivia Viparina | 168th | 21:56.8 |
| Tessa Mundell | 187th | 22:05.1 |
| Caitlin Swanson | 256th | 23:04.1 |
| Erica Jackson | 272nd | 23:33.4 |
| Nicole Goff | 280th | 23:59.0 |
OPEN RACE RESULTS
| Runner | Finish | Time |
| Emily Murphy | 25th | 22:50.8 |
| Angelique DeMeo | 60th | 23:54.3 |
| Erin Saunders | 70th | 24:09.0 |
QUOTING COACH RINKER
"It was an extremely great field and the race went out very fast. We didn't get out well, but we really moved up from 2K to 5K, but that took too much out of us and we fell apart in the last 1,000. I loved our effort, we just need to be more committed earlier at the start."
UP NEXT
The Dukes run for the Colonial Athletic Association championship in two weeks, on Oct. 29 in Newark, Del.
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