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The University of Utah Athletics
Friday, October 5
Logan, UT
3:00 PM
University of Utah
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Steve T. Reeder Memorial
No. 27 Cross Country Captures Third at Steve T. Memorial
10/5/2018 9:50 PM | Cross Country
Emma Christensen leads the Utes.
LOGAN, Utah– The No. 27-ranked Utah women's cross country team placed third at the Steve T. Reeder Memorial Friday afternoon. Redshirt sophomore Emma Christensen led the Utes finishing in 10th place.
"It was a very good day, we were third in team standings which is probably where I thought we would be," Kepler said. "But I'm very pleased with the effort and Emma was battling. She was probably back in 20th place through the first mile and then she just kept slowly moving up. She brought Astrid with her for as long as Astrid could come but they both still finished in the top 20 and I am really excited with those guys and their growth and how they performed today."
Christensen finished the five-kilometer course in a time of 18:51.11. This is Christensen's highest finish of the season. Following in Christensen was sophomores Astrid Lindgren and Ashley Licata. Lindgren finished in 15th place with a time of 19:17.44 while Licata earned 22nd place with a time of 19:53.80.
"Our kids raced hard and I was very pleased with Emma Christensen," Utah head coach Kyle Kepler said. "That performance was 24 seconds better than she ran here a month ago and same thing with Astrid I think she ran a dozen or 14 seconds faster and even Anna Busatto who is kind of on the comeback trail was over a minute faster than she was here in September."
Rounding out the top five scorers for the Utes was junior Anna Busatto and senior Makenzie Clark. Busatto captured 28th with a time of 19:55.22 and Clark placed 37th in a time of 20:28.06.
Competing unattached for the Utes was freshman Brooke Manson. Running in her first collegiate race, Manson finished in 24th with a time of 19:42.68.
"Everybody ran hard and you really have got to give these gals a lot of credit for the effort," Kepler explained. "We lucked out and caught a nice day up here in Logan, which certainly helped, but when you are running significantly faster four weeks later you know you are doing the work and getting things done."
As a team, the Utes finished in third place with a total of 93 team points. Ninth-ranked BYU captured the meet title with 19 total team points while meet host and 20th-ranked Utah State earned second place with a total of 42 team points. Finishing behind Utah was the College of Idaho with 99 team points and Westminster with 132 team points.
The Utes will be back in action next Friday Oct. 12, at the Penn State National in State College, Pa.
Fans can follow the Utah cross country program on Twitter (@Utah_trackfield), Facebook (UtahTrackXC) and on Instagram (@UtahTrackXC).
"It was a very good day, we were third in team standings which is probably where I thought we would be," Kepler said. "But I'm very pleased with the effort and Emma was battling. She was probably back in 20th place through the first mile and then she just kept slowly moving up. She brought Astrid with her for as long as Astrid could come but they both still finished in the top 20 and I am really excited with those guys and their growth and how they performed today."
Christensen finished the five-kilometer course in a time of 18:51.11. This is Christensen's highest finish of the season. Following in Christensen was sophomores Astrid Lindgren and Ashley Licata. Lindgren finished in 15th place with a time of 19:17.44 while Licata earned 22nd place with a time of 19:53.80.
"Our kids raced hard and I was very pleased with Emma Christensen," Utah head coach Kyle Kepler said. "That performance was 24 seconds better than she ran here a month ago and same thing with Astrid I think she ran a dozen or 14 seconds faster and even Anna Busatto who is kind of on the comeback trail was over a minute faster than she was here in September."
Rounding out the top five scorers for the Utes was junior Anna Busatto and senior Makenzie Clark. Busatto captured 28th with a time of 19:55.22 and Clark placed 37th in a time of 20:28.06.
Competing unattached for the Utes was freshman Brooke Manson. Running in her first collegiate race, Manson finished in 24th with a time of 19:42.68.
"Everybody ran hard and you really have got to give these gals a lot of credit for the effort," Kepler explained. "We lucked out and caught a nice day up here in Logan, which certainly helped, but when you are running significantly faster four weeks later you know you are doing the work and getting things done."
As a team, the Utes finished in third place with a total of 93 team points. Ninth-ranked BYU captured the meet title with 19 total team points while meet host and 20th-ranked Utah State earned second place with a total of 42 team points. Finishing behind Utah was the College of Idaho with 99 team points and Westminster with 132 team points.
The Utes will be back in action next Friday Oct. 12, at the Penn State National in State College, Pa.
Fans can follow the Utah cross country program on Twitter (@Utah_trackfield), Facebook (UtahTrackXC) and on Instagram (@UtahTrackXC).
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