Women of Utah Set to Compete at Nuttycombe Invitational

Friday, October 13

Madison, WI

10:00 AM

University of Utah

Nuttycombe Invitational

Women of Utah Set to Compete at Nuttycombe Invitational

10/11/2023 5:08 PM | Cross Country

Live Results Course Map

The Utah cross country team heads to Wisconsin for the Nuttycombe Invitational this Friday.

SALT LAKE CITY – The 20th-ranked Utah cross country team heads to the Midwest this week for one of the premier races in the country at the Nuttycombe Invitational this Friday, Oct. 13, at the Zimmerman Championship Course.

NUTTYCOMBE INVITATIONAL
DATE: Friday, Oct. 13
HOST: University of Wisconsin
WHERE: Zimmerman Championship Course (map)
WHEN: Women's "A" Race: 10:00 a.m. (MT) - Women's "B" Race: 11:20 a.m. (MT)
LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pttiming.com/xc-ptt.html?mid=5839
PARTICIPATING TEAMS: Air Force, Boise State, Butler, #12 Cal Baptist, #10 Colorado, #28 Colorado State, Columbia, #RV Duke, Elon, #9 Florida, Florida State, #18 Furman, #11 Georgetown, #RV Harvard, #13 Iowa State, #29 Lipscomb, #14 Michigan State, #1 NC State, #26 New Mexico, #21 North Carolina, #2 Northern Arizona, Notre Dame, #22 Ole Miss, #30 Oregon State, Penn State, #RV Portland, #14 Providence, #5 Stanford, #25 Syracuse, Texas, #20 Utah, Utah State, #8 Washington, #23 Wisconsin.
UTAH PARTICIPANTS: Saydi Anderson, Karli Branch, McKaylie Caesar, Caroline Fischer, Morgan Jensen, Ellie Lundgreen, Kyla Martin, Clara Mayfield, Katarzyna Nowakowska, Anna Peters, Maddie Reed

IN THE RANKINGS
After another idle weekend, the Women of Utah head into this weekend's meet at No. 20 in the latest (Week #3) USTFCCCA National Polls after opening the preseason rankings at No. 22. This marks the 19th-consecutive week (includes preseason rankings) the Utes have been ranked in the national poll dating back to week No. 3 in 2021 when Utah cracked the top-25 at No. 11 after winning the Dellinger Invitational.

The Conference of Champions leads the country with six teams ranked in the top-30 in #5 Stanford, #8 Washington, #10 Colorado, #17 Oregon, #20 Utah and #30 Oregon State.

OFF THE BLOCK
The Utes will send 11 of their runners to the meet this Friday in the championship race with less than a handful of runners competing in the "B" race. Of the 11 competing, freshman Kyla Martin will be making her collegiate debut for the Women of Utah.

As one of the country's premier meet, Friday's Nuttycombe Invitational will feature 34 teams with 21 of those teams ranked in the USTFCCCA Top-30 on top of three teams receiving votes – including six ranked in the top-10.

PETERS SETTING THE TONE EARLY
Utah freshman Anna Peters living up to her accolades from the prep level and have led the Utes from start to finish in her first two meet. She made her collegiate debut for Utah at the UVU Invitational 5k race and finished third with a lifetime best mark of 16:35.3. The Post Falls, Idaho, product then went out and led the Women of Utah to a second-place finish at the Griak Invitational with another third-place individual finish – this time with a lifetime best 6k time of 20:49.0.

UP NEXT
The Women of Utah return home to host its annual Utah Open the following week at Sunnyside Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, beginning at 1 p.m. (MT). The women's race will kick things off followed by the men.

For the latest news and information on the Utah cross country and track & field programs, fans can stay connected online at www.UtahUtes.com and on social media by following on Facebook, X and Instagram.

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