Women's Red Race Results | Women's White Race Results
PEORIA, Ill. - Fighting Illini women's cross country finished third at the Bradley Pink Classic held at Newman Golf Course on Friday. Redshirt sophomore Caroline Fix was the first Illini to cross, timing a new personal-best finish of 21:22.0 to place 10th overall in the women's 6K red race.
The next two Illini to finish placed in the top-20 overall and each clocked 6K PR's. Senior Grace Rogers finished second for the team and 17th overall, clocking a new personal-best 6K finish time of 21:35.5. Junior Katie Stapleton crossed not long after, placing 19th overall and recording a new 6K PR finish of 21:37.4.
Freshman Katie Hohe finished fourth for the Illini, timing 22:03.0 and placing 33rd. Rounding out the Illinois scorers was sophomore Lauren Katz, who finished the 6K in 22:21.1.
In the women's 6K white race, the Illini saw two top-10 overall performances. Freshman Brianna Lausev placed eighth with a finish time of 23:07.0. Junior Delaney Appino finished 10th, timing 23:18.3.
The No. 20 Illinois women's cross country team is in action tomorrow at the Under Armour Pre-National Invitational at Indiana State. Juniors Nicki Cast, Rebecca Craddock and Allison McGrath, sophomores Madison Marasco and Emma Milburn and freshmen Olivia Howell and Emma Wilson will compete for the Orange and Blue tomorrow at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
Ranked opponents competing along with No. 20 Illinois at the Pre-National Invitational include No. 2 BYU, No. 3 Colorado, No. 7 Michigan, No. 8 Washington, No. 11 Boise State, No. 11 Florida State, No. 17 Ole Miss, No. 26 Boston College and No. 30 Oklahoma State. The 6K blue race is set to begin at 10 a.m. CT.
Top-Five Team Scores
1. Bradley- 67
2. South Dakota- 103
3. Illinois- 127
4. Kansas City- 157
5. Marquette- 174
Illinois Results
Red Race
10. Caroline Fix- 21:22.0
17. Grace Rogers- 21:35.5
19. Katie Stapleton- 21:37.4
33. Katie Hohe- 22:03.0
48. Lauren Katz- 22:21.1
56. Mikaela Lucki- 22:29.9
92. Vanessa Flaherty- 23:03.2
143. Mikayla Olsen- 23:53.0
White Race
8. Brianna Lausev- 23:07.0
10. Delaney Appino- 23:18.3
15. Christina Pierini- 23:31.8
34. Kelli Callahan- 24:21.3
35. Brooke Delahanty- 24:27.2
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