Full Results
URBANA, Ill. – The Illinois men's and women's cross country team completed their first competition of the 2023 season, the Illini Open, on Friday, Sept. 1 at the UI Arboretum. The men's team won with 15 points and the women's team won with 28 points. Junior Halle Hill led the women's 5k with a new personal-best 17:30.8. Senior Jack Roberts broke the tape in the men's 6k (18:13.8) narrowly beating sophomore Brady Masters (18:13.81).
Junior Maggie Gamboa finished second and clocked a 17:39.5. Junior Anthony Maida placed third with a new personal-best (18:14.0) and senior Evan Cummins crossed fourth (18:29.0).
Sophomore Alex Partlow clocked a new personal-best (18:31.4) in his fifth-place finish and junior Nicolas Dovalovsky placed sixth (18:35.1). Sophomore Lydia Malecek finished eighth with a new personal-best (18:57.7).
All three freshman women who competed unattached finished inside the top-10: Mabry Bruhn fourth (18:47.2), Lynda Rotundo sixth (18:53.4) and Isabella Daley ninth (18:59.1). The lone freshman on the men's team, Kyle Clark, competed unattached too and placed seventh (18:58.3).
Senior Breena Shreeves recorded a new personal-best today in her tenth-place finish (18:59.9).
MEN'S TEAM SCORES:
1. Illinois – 15 points
2. Milwaukee – 45 points
ILLINOIS MEN'S 6k RESULTS:
1. Jack Roberts (18:13.8)
2. Brady Masters (18:13.81)
3. Anthony Maida (18:14.0) PB
4. Evan Cummins (18:29.0)
5. Alex Partlow (18:31.4) PB
6. Nicolas Dovalovsky (18:35.1)
7. Kyle Clark (unattached, 18:58.3)
13. Will O'Brien (19:32.9)
18. Shawn Juliette (20:14.1)
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES:
1. Illinois – 28 points
2. Milwaukee – 29 points
ILLINOIS WOMEN'S 5k RESULTS:
1. Halle Hill (17:30.8) PB
2. Maggie Gamboa (17:39.5)
4. Mabry Bruhn (unattached, 18:47.2)
6. Lynda Rotundo (unattached, 18:53.4)
8. Lydia Malecek (18:57.7) PB
9. Isabella Daley (unattached, 18:59.1)
10. Breena Shreeves (18:59.9) PB
15. Audrey Ginsberg (19:54.0)
UP NEXT
The Illinois cross country teams are back in action next Saturday, Sept. 9 in Madison, Wisc. for the Badger Classic. The men will run the 8k beginning at 10:30 a.m. and the women follow with the 5k at 11:10 a.m. CT.
