Utah Runners Notch Top-10 Finish at Penn State National Open

Friday, October 12

State College, PA

8:45 AM

University of Utah

Penn State National

Utah Runners Notch Top-10 Finish at Penn State National Open

10/12/2018 12:24 PM | Cross Country

Final Results (HTML)

Scarlet Dale leads the way for the Utes

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 27-ranked Utah women's cross country team continued its season Friday at the Penn State National Open in University Park, Pa., taking 10th place overall. A total of 28 teams, including five top-ranked teams, competed in the event.

It marked the first 6K event for the Utes this season and Utah would go onto total 286 points in the meet. The Utes were led by freshman Scarlet Dale, who finished 20th among collegiate competitors with a time of 21.06.

"It is kind of mixed bag from today's meet," said Utah head coach Kyle Kepler. "We were led again by our freshman, Scarlet Dale, who was running as high as third-place early in the race, but ended up finishing in 20th-place overall. This was a much tougher course than we have ran all season and the weather yesterday did not help much."

Junior Sarah Feeny captured a top-35 finish, coming in 33rd overall with a time of 21:15, while redshirt freshman Cara Woolnough took third on the team, 51st overall, with a time of 21:28. Freshman Kennedy Powell (21:49) was 87th overall, while sophomore Aubrey Argyle (21:52) rounded out Utah's scoring after crossing the finish line in 95th-place.

Freshman Sophie Ryan (21:54) finished in 101st-place and sophomore Natalie Platil (21:58) crossed the line in 109th overall. Senior Sadie Wassum (22:06), along with juniors Nicole Griffiths (22:07), Sarah Newton (22:21) and Caitlin Faust (23:02), and freshman Sara Leonard (23:10) capped off Utah's runners for the day.

"For the most part, our kids ran great and did a good job. We have a young team and when you add in a course they have never raced and then an extra 1,000 meters, it all adds up. We are not making any excuses. We will learn from this meet and take that into the remainder of our season as we prepare for both Pac-12 and Regional Championship meets."

Meet host, No. 19-ranked Penn State, won the event with three Nittany Lions registering top-10 finishes and the squad collecting a total of 62 points. No. 14-ranked Michigan State was second in the team standings with 87 points, and No. 26-ranked Georgia Tech rounded out the top-three with 143 total points.

Utah will be back in action again next week hosting the Utah Open, which is set for next Friday, Oct. 19. The event will be held at Sunnyside Park in Salt Lake City, with a start time slated for 1 p.m.

Utah at Penn State National Open
Place	Finisher	Time	Pace
20	Scarlet Dale	21:06	5:39
33	Sarah Feeny	21:15	5:42
51	Cara Woolnough	21:28	5:45
87	Kennedy Powell	21:49	5:51
95	Aubrey Argyle	21:52	5:52
101	Sophie Ryan	21:54	5:52
109	Natalie Platil	21:58	5:53
*Total Time = 1:47:30: Total Places = 286*
129	Sadie Wassum	22:06	5:55
130	Nicole Griffiths	22:07	5:56
159	Sarah Newton	22:21	5:59
231	Caitlin Faust	23:02	6:10
239	Sara Leonard	23:10	6:13