Saturday, September 22
College Station, TX
8:45 A.M. CT
Rice University
at
Texas A&M Invitational
Photo by: Maria Lysaker - Rice Athletics
Women's XC Places Fourth at Texas A&M Invitational
9/22/2018 9:18:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Vivas de Lorenzi finishes second overall
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Rice Owls women's cross country team placed four runners in the top 25 of Saturday's Texas A&M Invitational to place fourth overall as a team in the 13-team 6k race.
Rice sophomore Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi was the Owls top individual finisher, placing second overall in a time of 21:47 with a pace of 5:50. Freshman Ryann Helmers and junior Khayla Patel crossed the finish line placing eighth (22:06) and ninth (22:08), respectively, and also besting a six-minute pace. Freshman Ashley Messineo also finished in the top-25 for the Owls by placing 22nd overall in a time of 22:50.
Freshman Alyssa Balandran (50th-23:52), sophomore Natalie Goddard (51st-23:52), and sophomore Mary Claire Neal (52nd-23:59).
The Owls will next head north next Saturday, Sept. 29 when they compete in the Roy Griak Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota. That race will take place at 12:15 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed via FloTrack ($).
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Rice sophomore Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi was the Owls top individual finisher, placing second overall in a time of 21:47 with a pace of 5:50. Freshman Ryann Helmers and junior Khayla Patel crossed the finish line placing eighth (22:06) and ninth (22:08), respectively, and also besting a six-minute pace. Freshman Ashley Messineo also finished in the top-25 for the Owls by placing 22nd overall in a time of 22:50.
Freshman Alyssa Balandran (50th-23:52), sophomore Natalie Goddard (51st-23:52), and sophomore Mary Claire Neal (52nd-23:59).
"Lourdes ran phenomenal today, her best cross country race ever," Rice women's XC head coach Jim Bevan said. "Ryann and Khayla also had good races. It was the first 6k for Ryann in her life. All the freshmen ran their first 6k (Ashley, Alyssa, Ryann). This was a big step for them. Mary Claire, Natalie and Loren all improved from last year (position wise) on a soft, rainy course. We have five weeks to get ready for conference and this was a good growing experience for this team."
Host Texas A&M (64 points) took home the title, followed by TCU (2nd-72 points) and UTRGV (3rd-87 points).The Owls will next head north next Saturday, Sept. 29 when they compete in the Roy Griak Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota. That race will take place at 12:15 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed via FloTrack ($).
-RiceOwls.com-
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