University of Missouri
SEC Championships
Mizzou Cross Country Men and Women Each Place Fifth at SEC Championships
10/26/2018 2:11:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Cross Country
Findley, Revord, and Reed earn All-SEC Freshman Team honors. Findley, Wood, and George earn All-SEC Second Team
Auburn, Ala. – Mizzou Cross Country placed fifth on both the men's and women's side Friday at the Southeastern Conference Cross Country Championships in Auburn, Ala. Junior Kieran Wood (Cambridge, U.K) had the best finish of the day for the Tigers as he placed 10th overall with a time of 23:11.45 in the 8K race while redshirt junior Thomas George (Gloucester, England) placed 12th at 23:15.80. Freshman Tori Findley (Blue Springs, Mo.) led the way for the Mizzou women with a 13th overall finish with a time of 19:51.15. Wood, George and Findley all earned All-SEC Second Team honors for their performances.
TEAM RESULTS
The Mizzou women recorded a fifth-place finish with 149 total points, as the Tigers finished behind Arkansas (24 points), Florida (69 points), Ole Miss (116 points) and Georgia (144 points). With the team finishing third in 2016 and fourth in 2017, the Mizzou women have placed in the top-five at the conference meet for three consecutive years, the first time Mizzou has accomplished that feat since 2003, 2004 and 2005.
The Mizzou men also finished fifth with 135 total points, finishing behind Ole Miss (36 points), Arkansas (44 points), Kentucky (122 points) and Tennessee (132 points). The finish was an improvement on Mizzou's seventh place finish at the 2017 SEC Championships, and its highest finish since finishing fourth at the 2014 meet.
NOTABLE TIGERS
Findley was the highest placing freshman for Mizzou at a conference meet since Kaitlyn Fischer finished sixth in 2013. Finishing behind Findley for the women was freshman Reilly Revord (Hinsdale, Ill.), who finished 20th overall at 20:04.72 and freshman Mikayla Reed (Washington, Mo.) who placed 28th with a time of 20:19.45. Findley, Revord, and Reed all earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors for their performances.
Wood and George's finishes marked the first time Mizzou had two All-Conference finishers since 2015 when Tyler Schneider finished fifth and Dan Roe finish 14th. Finishing behind Wood and George was freshman Martin Prodanov (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), who had his best team finish of the season by finishing third on the team and 34th overall with a time of 23:59.47.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Marc Burns
"Our teams battled hard today all the way to the finish line," said Burns. "On the women's side Tori, Reilly and Mikayla got out strong and did a great job of finishing over the last lap. Melissa and Jordyn came up big on the last loop and passed big groups over the last 1K to help us secure fifth and almost catch Georgia."
"Kieran and Thomas were solid up front for us from the beginning and showed their strength and ability to finish by closing in 10th and 12th," said Burns. "We needed that up front and then our guys made massive moves over the last loop behind them to move us up from eighth or ninth all the way to fifth. It was fun to watch Martin, Evan and Justin get it done today. We are very proud of both teams and the way they competed today."
UP NEXT
Mizzou will now head to Peoria, Ill. for the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 9. Last season, George earned NCAA-All Midwest honors for the men as the team finished ninth while the Mizzou women finished fourth. At the regional meet, the team will attempt to qualify as a team for the NCAA Championships, which will be held in Madison, Wis. on Nov. 17.
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RESULTS
Women's 6K Results – 5th place (129 points, 13-20-28-35-53-70-72)
13. Tori Findley, 19:51.15 // 20. Reilly Revord, 20:04.72 // 28. Mikayla Reed, 20:19.45 // 35. Melissa Menghini, 20:27.98 // 53. Jordyn Kleve, 20:47.60 // 70. Karina Liz, 21:06.32 // 72. Jenna Lutzow, 21:08.57 // 116. Emma Roth, 21:50.15 // 131. Sophia Racette, 22:48.93
Men's 8K Results – 5th place (135 points, 10-12-34-38-41-66-71)
10. Kieran Wood, 23:11.45 // 12. Thomas George, 23:15.80 // 34. Martin Prodanov, 23:59.47 // 38. Evan Schulte, 24:02.87 // 41. Justin Loquercio, 24:05.47 // 66. Michael Widmann, 24:43.03 // 71. Zach Cook, 24:55.98 // 87. Chris Conrad, 25:17.70 // 88. Stephen Mugeche, 25:24.63 // 93. Oaklee Hauschild, 25:31.47
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