Saturday, October 16
College Station, TX
9:45 A.M. CT
Rice University
at
Arturo Barrios Invitational
Photo by: Juan DeLeon
Forbes Wins at Arturo Barrios Invitational
10/16/2021 10:54:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Owls place fifth out of 32 teams
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Rice women's cross country sophomore Grace Forbes turned in a record-breaking performance on Saturday by besting the Arturo Barrios Invitational meet mark with her third individual victory of the season.
"Grace ran a tremendous race staying with the pack for half of it and then pulling away over the course of the back part," Rice head coach Jim Bevan said. "As a team this was by far the best meet we've had this year. We closed the gap on Texas A&M from the last time we were here in September and beat a Texas A&M-Corpus squad that had defeated us in our season opener. In addition to Grace, we got really good performances from Lourdes (Vivas de Lorenzi), Rachel (Shoemaker), Caitlin (Wosika), Taigen (Hunter-Galvan), and Maddie (Forbes) and I think our team is really coming together at the right time as we're just now two weeks away from conference and four from regionals. I couldn't be happier with our performance."
Forbes, from Wallingford, Pa., broke away from the pack in the second half of the 6k race to win with a time of 19:53.3, nearly 38 seconds faster than the the next closest collegiate competitor. Forbes ran at a 5:20 pace as she completed her best 6k time as an Owl.
Other Owls who scored for Rice included Vivas de Lorenzi (39th-21:34), Wosika (48th-21:38), Shoemaker (49th-21:38) and Hunter-Galvan (63rd-21:52).
The Owls will now prep for the Conference USA Championships, which will be held in Charlotte, N.C. on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Rice Performers
1. Grace Forbes - 19:53.3
39. Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi - 21:34.9
48. Caitlin Wosika - 21:38.3
49. Rachel Shoemaker - 21:38.9
63. Taigen Hunter-Galvan - 21:52.0
82. Maddie Forbes - 22:09.6
84. Haley Allen - 22:11.7
96. Alyssa Balandran - 22:23.3
145. Ellie Schweiker - 23:16.5
166. Kayla Shelkey - 23:37.7
175. Katlyn Schmeltzer - 23:43.8
181. Ashley Messineo - 23:47.4
Team Scores
1. Lipscomb - 72
2. Middle Tennessee - 108
3. Abilene Christian - 133
4. Texas A&M - 150
5. Rice - 193
6. SMU - 226
7. LSU - 258
8. Idaho State - 268
9. North Dakota - 289
10. UTEP - 340
11. Texas A&M-Corpus - 341
12. Baylor - 350
13. Louisville - 372
14. Incarnate Word - 385
15. UT-Arlington - 401
16. Nicholls State - 445
17. McNeese State - 452
18. Kansas City - 465
19. Texas Tech - 486
20. Stephen F. Austin - 552
21. TCU - 586
22. UTSA - 622
23. Sam Houston - 628
24. Tulane - 630
25. UT-Rio Grand Valley - 650
26. Texas State - 724
27. North Texas - 739
28. Lamar - 776
29. Houston Baptist - 782
30. Tarleton State - 809
31. Louisiana - 903
32. Western Texas College - 945
33. LeTourneau - 1066
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"Grace ran a tremendous race staying with the pack for half of it and then pulling away over the course of the back part," Rice head coach Jim Bevan said. "As a team this was by far the best meet we've had this year. We closed the gap on Texas A&M from the last time we were here in September and beat a Texas A&M-Corpus squad that had defeated us in our season opener. In addition to Grace, we got really good performances from Lourdes (Vivas de Lorenzi), Rachel (Shoemaker), Caitlin (Wosika), Taigen (Hunter-Galvan), and Maddie (Forbes) and I think our team is really coming together at the right time as we're just now two weeks away from conference and four from regionals. I couldn't be happier with our performance."
Forbes, from Wallingford, Pa., broke away from the pack in the second half of the 6k race to win with a time of 19:53.3, nearly 38 seconds faster than the the next closest collegiate competitor. Forbes ran at a 5:20 pace as she completed her best 6k time as an Owl.
Other Owls who scored for Rice included Vivas de Lorenzi (39th-21:34), Wosika (48th-21:38), Shoemaker (49th-21:38) and Hunter-Galvan (63rd-21:52).
The Owls will now prep for the Conference USA Championships, which will be held in Charlotte, N.C. on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Rice Performers
1. Grace Forbes - 19:53.3
39. Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi - 21:34.9
48. Caitlin Wosika - 21:38.3
49. Rachel Shoemaker - 21:38.9
63. Taigen Hunter-Galvan - 21:52.0
82. Maddie Forbes - 22:09.6
84. Haley Allen - 22:11.7
96. Alyssa Balandran - 22:23.3
145. Ellie Schweiker - 23:16.5
166. Kayla Shelkey - 23:37.7
175. Katlyn Schmeltzer - 23:43.8
181. Ashley Messineo - 23:47.4
Team Scores
1. Lipscomb - 72
2. Middle Tennessee - 108
3. Abilene Christian - 133
4. Texas A&M - 150
5. Rice - 193
6. SMU - 226
7. LSU - 258
8. Idaho State - 268
9. North Dakota - 289
10. UTEP - 340
11. Texas A&M-Corpus - 341
12. Baylor - 350
13. Louisville - 372
14. Incarnate Word - 385
15. UT-Arlington - 401
16. Nicholls State - 445
17. McNeese State - 452
18. Kansas City - 465
19. Texas Tech - 486
20. Stephen F. Austin - 552
21. TCU - 586
22. UTSA - 622
23. Sam Houston - 628
24. Tulane - 630
25. UT-Rio Grand Valley - 650
26. Texas State - 724
27. North Texas - 739
28. Lamar - 776
29. Houston Baptist - 782
30. Tarleton State - 809
31. Louisiana - 903
32. Western Texas College - 945
33. LeTourneau - 1066
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