
Rice 22nd at NCAA Cross Country Championship
11/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Nov. 24, 2008
Complete Results in PDF Format
Terre Haute, Ind. -- The Rice women's cross country squad placed 22nd at the 28th annual NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship held in Terre Haute, Ind. In their second-consecutive appearance, the Owls totaled 535 points. Last year, Rice placed 16th with 413 points.
Washington won the team title with 79 points. Texas Tech's Sally Kipyego, a senior, won the individual title with a time of 19:29.
Rice's Nicole Mericle paced the Owls across the 6k course with a 58th place finish with a time of 21.00. Allison Pye was next Owl to cross the line in 21:05 to finish 65th.
Rice Results
58 Nicole Mericle 21:00
65 Allison Pye 21:05
112 Lennie Waite 21:32
128 Britany Williams 21:41
172 Becky Wade 22:05
209 Laura Hudson 23:17
211 Keltie John 23:32