Friday, September 12
Houston, Texas
6:15 PM
Rice University
vs
Rice Invitational
Women's Cross Country Wins Rice Invitational
9/12/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Sept. 12, 2014
Women's Results
HOUSTON, Texas - The Rice trio of Cali Roper, Katie Jensen and Madi McLellan finished first, second and third respectively to lead the Owls women's cross country team to a dominating first place finish at the 39th annual Rice Invitational held at the Rice Intramural Fields.
HOUSTON, Texas - The Rice trio of Cali Roper, Katie Jensen and Madi McLellan finished first, second and third respectively to lead the Owls women's cross country team to a dominating first place finish at the 39th annual Rice Invitational held at the Rice Intramural Fields.
"I'm so proud of the way we competed tonight," Rice head coach Jim Bevan said. "To have three girls finish under 14 minutes is terrific and we really showed our depth."
Roper, a sophomore from Willis, Texas, won her first-ever cross country race in a time of 13:23, six seconds quicker than teammate and second place finisher Katie Jensen (13:29). Freshman Madi McLellan stood out in her collegiate debut with a third place finish of 13:31. The Owls had another freshman finish in the top 10 in France native Elsa Racasan, who posted a mark of 14:01.
Ellen Diemert (12th-14:10), Hannah Kay (13th-14:12) and Christina Wassef (23rd-14:30) finished in that order for the Owls.
Rice, who was ranked 11th in the USTFCCA South Central Regional rankings entering Friday, finished ahead of sixth-ranked Lamar and 13th-ranked Stephen F. Austin.
The Owls will next be split up amongst three different races the weekend of Sept. 26-27.
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