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Notre Dame Invitational
Top-20 Finish Highlights Notre Dame Invitational
10/2/2015 5:52:00 PM | Cross Country
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Tigers faced off against a stacked field on Friday (October 2), taking on nine of the top-ranked teams in the country during the Joe Piane Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational. The women placed 15th in the field behind an impressive top-20 finish by sophomore Karissa Schweizer, while the men were 16th in the team field.
WOMEN
For the third consecutive meet this season, Schweizer led the charge for the Tiger women, timing through with a new PR of 16:59.30 on the 5k cross country course. In a field which boasted four of the top 25-ranked teams in the country, including current No. 1-ranked New Mexico, Schweizer showed, once again, why she is one of the top young distance runners in the country. From the gun, she tucked in off the shoulders of the lead pack, maintaining through the first half of the race until the pack began to break. She crossed in 18th overall, third out of the SEC teams and first for the Midwest Regional.
Next across the line for the black and gold was junior Teylar Adelsberger, followed by freshman Kelli Jackson, junior Nicole Mello, and sophomore Jamie Kempfer closed out the Tigers' scorers.
WOMEN'S BLUE RACE RESULTS
Team: 15th (386 points)
18. Karissa Schweizer, 16:59.30 // 83. Teylar Adelsberger, 17:46.80 // 96. Kelli Jackson, 17:57.60 // 105. Nicole Mello, 18:05.10 // 107. Jamie Kempfer, 18:08.10 // 115. Kate Smith, 18:12.10 // 117. Ellyn Atkinson, 18:12.10 // 147. Sam Garrett, 18:34.90 // 162. Elly DeTurris, 19:10.60
WOMEN'S OPEN RACE RESULTS
24. Hannah Thomas, 18:35.50 // 37. Bailey Hession, 18:50.70 // 38. Bianca Mello, 18:51.20 // 47. Emmie Hahn, 19:07.40 // 58. Carolyn White, 19:25.70 // 66. Kayla Friesen, 19:37.90
MEN
Leading the charge on the men's side was junior Dan Roe, who moved up nicely through the field throughout the five-mile race to cross in 50th with a final time of 24:43.30. Roe is a returning All-SEC finisher for the Tigers, after he placed 14th during last year's championship meet. Although he is no stranger to tallying points for the team, this is the first time that Roe has taken the helm.
The remainder of the top five scorers for the men included sophomore Evan Schulte, junior Jordan Cook, sophomore Sheldon Keence, and sophomore Marc Dubrick.
MEN'S BLUE RACE RESULTS
Team: 16th (405 points)
50. Dan Roe, 24:43.30 // 85. Evan Schulte, 25:00.20 // 89. Jordan Cook, 25:00.90 // 93. Sheldon Keence, 25:01.80 // 98. Marc Dubrick, 25:04.80 // 99. Luca Russo, 25:04.90 // 138. Ian McGinn, 25:39.30 // 146. Chandler Dye, 25:56.20
MEN'S OPEN RACE RESULTS
8. Drew White, 25:11.10 // 13. Will Crocker, 25:20.70 // 23. Brian Hernan, 25:43.40 // 34. Thomas George, 26:00.80 // 55. Zach Cook, 26:30.70 // 62. Tim Johnson, 26:44.20 // 72. Patrick Kearns, 27:01.80
The Tigers will train through the next week before returning to action on October 16 and October 17 for the Bradley "Pink" Classic and Pre-National Meet, respectively.
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