Oct. 16, 2010
Terre Haute, Ind. - The Mizzou cross country program saw its women's team place 33rd in the Pre-Nationals Blue Race on Saturday morning in Terre Haute, Ind. The Tiger women finished the race with 745 points as senior Kinsey Farren led the Tigers with a 78th-place finish after clocking a 6K time of 21:29.50. Florida State was the Blue Race winner with 115 points.
The Tigers ran six runners at the meet and aside from Farren, the Tigers got a good performance from sophomore Bailey Belvis, who placed 98th overall with a time of 21:39.70. She was just 10 seconds behind Farren as she was the Tigers' No. 2 finisher at the meet, giving Mizzou a pair of runners in the top 100.
Laura Roxberg finished 148th with a time of 22:02.20 while freshman Marie O'Leary was 194th after clocking a 6K time of 22:34.60. Aimee Bonte and Maggie Priebe also ran for the Tigers and finished 226th and 234th overall, respectively, with times of 23:03.30 and 23:14.30.
The Tigers were without their top runner, Kaitie Vanatta, and ran several members of the team at yesterday's Bradley Classic as well. Mizzou will return to action on Oct. 30 as it will run in the Big 12 Championships in Stillwater, Okla. For all the latest on Mizzou cross country, stay tuned to MUTigers.com.