Oregon Tech Claims Women's Cross Country National Title
CCC Nets four teams in top 20; 1. OIT, 4. SOU, 11. CI, 17 NCU
Results
Cedar Rapids, Iowa- CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – In a field of 36 teams and 340 runners, the Oregon Tech women's cross country team finished first to capture the NAIA National Championship Friday, the first in school history in cross country.
Head Coach
Jack Kegg said, "I am so proud of these young ladies. They did a great job of controlling the pressure of being rated number one late in the season and took it as a challenge to finish with the title."
The Owls were led by Seniors
Susie Garza (17:36),
Cindy Reed (17:37), and
Danielle De Castro (17:49) as they finished 4
th ,5
th, and 12
th respectively, garnering All-American status.
Senior Annika Anderson (18:25) and Freshman
Faith Widman (18:29) came up big for the Owls as they both improved by 10 or more places over the last mile to help seal the title for Oregon Tech.
The National Championship was the third for the Cascade Conference in Women's Cross Country and first since Northwest Christian won it in 2015 and Northwest in 2002.
| Final Standings |
Score |
Total |
Avg. |
Spread |
| 1 |
Oregon Tech |
126 |
1:29:58 |
18:00 |
0:53.1 |
| 2 |
Madonna |
132 |
1:30:25 |
18:05 |
0:32.5 |
| 3 |
Taylor |
134 |
1:30:29 |
18:06 |
0:35.4 |
| 4 |
Southern Oregon |
192 |
1:31:16 |
18:16 |
0:36.7 |
| 5 |
SCAD Atlanta |
241 |
1:31:10 |
18:14 |
1:52.8 |
| 6 |
Aquinas |
244 |
1:31:47 |
18:22 |
1:03.2 |
| 7 |
Embry-Riddle Arizona |
257 |
1:32:03 |
18:25 |
1:14.0 |
| 8 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
260 |
1:32:18 |
18:28 |
0:24.6 |
| 9 |
Wayland Baptist |
289 |
1:32:31 |
18:31 |
1:11.9 |
| 10 |
Lewis-Clark |
371 |
1:33:16 |
18:40 |
1:14.1 |
| 11 |
College of Idaho |
374* |
1:33:31 |
18:43 |
0:29.3 |
| 12 |
Milligan |
374* |
1:33:19 |
18:40 |
1:28.7 |
| 13 |
Oklahoma City |
382 |
1:33:13 |
18:39 |
1:43.7 |
| 14 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
434 |
1:34:13 |
18:51 |
0:35.0 |
| 15 |
Cornerstone |
452 |
1:34:21 |
18:53 |
1:54.1 |
| 16 |
Dordt |
493 |
1:34:37 |
18:56 |
1:42.4 |
| 17 |
Northwest Christian |
500 |
1:34:59 |
19:00 |
1:59.4 |
| 18 |
Point Park |
501 |
1:34:25 |
18:53 |
2:46.8 |
| 19 |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
509 |
1:35:04 |
19:01 |
0:47.2 |
| 20 |
SCAD Savannah |
518 |
1:34:56 |
19:00 |
2:26.9 |
| 21 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
531 |
1:35:18 |
19:04 |
1:04.8 |
| 22 |
St. Ambrose |
576 |
1:35:43 |
19:09 |
1:05.6 |
| 23 |
Vanguard |
582 |
1:36:16 |
19:16 |
2:33.7 |
| 24 |
Mount Mercy |
597 |
1:35:56 |
19:12 |
1:07.9 |
| 25 |
St. Mary (Kan.) |
611 |
1:36:02 |
19:13 |
2:18.0 |
| 26 |
Rocky Mountain |
619 |
1:36:33 |
19:19 |
1:37.0 |
| 27 |
Hastings |
621 |
1:36:23 |
19:17 |
1:34.5 |
| 28 |
Shawnee State |
632 |
1:36:32 |
19:19 |
1:39.6 |
| 29 |
Southeastern U. |
676 |
1:37:01 |
19:25 |
2:11.7 |
| 30 |
Dickinson St. |
694 |
1:37:11 |
19:27 |
0:50.6 |
| 31 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
701 |
1:37:28 |
19:30 |
1:50.7 |
| 32 |
Indiana Tech |
820 |
1:38:44 |
19:45 |
0:39.1 |
| 33 |
William Carey |
857 |
1:40:00 |
20:00 |
1:52.8 |
| 34 |
College of the Ozarks |
1015 |
1:43:04 |
20:37 |
2:12.3 |
| 35 |
Southwest (N.M.) |
1139 |
1:48:33 |
21:43 |
2:39.2 |
| 36 |
Xavier-Louisiana |
1211 |
1:57:22 |
23:29 |
3:56.0 |
ALL-AMERICANS
| 1 |
SHIELDS, Anna |
SR |
Point Park |
1 |
17:15.9 |
5:33.4 |
5:28.8 (2) |
11:05.8 (5) |
16:41.5 (2) |
| 2 |
KEARNEY, Emily |
JR |
SCAD Atlanta |
2 |
17:19.4 |
5:34.5 |
5:29.0 (3) |
11:12.9 (6) |
16:48.5 (3) |
| 3 |
MATO, Lydia |
SR |
Oklahoma City |
3 |
17:29.8 |
5:37.9 |
5:36.4 (4) |
11:20.6 (7) |
16:55.6 (4) |
| 4 |
GARZA, Susie |
SR |
Oregon Tech |
4 |
17:36.1 |
5:39.9 |
5:39.7 (7) |
11:28.6 (10) |
17:04.4 (5) |
| 5 |
REED, Cindy |
SR |
Oregon Tech |
5 |
17:37.0 |
5:40.2 |
-1.6 (1) |
11:28.3 (8) |
17:06.4 (6) |
| 6 |
MILLER, Alexis |
SR |
Aquinas |
6 |
17:37.3 |
5:40.3 |
5:39.6 (6) |
11:28.5 (9) |
17:07.8 (8) |
| 7 |
WUTZ, Lemi |
SO |
SCAD Savannah |
7 |
17:39.0 |
5:40.9 |
5:44.5 (33) |
11:33.6 (18) |
17:07.5 (7) |
| 8 |
SHOEMAKER, Kailtyn |
SR |
St. Mary (Kan.) |
8 |
17:42.5 |
5:42.0 |
5:41.4 (17) |
11:30.3 (13) |
17:10.5 (10) |
| 9 |
CROW, Jacquelyn |
SR |
Milligan |
9 |
17:45.2 |
5:42.8 |
5:40.9 (12) |
11:31.8 (15) |
17:10.0 (9) |
| 10 |
HARDEN, Sarah |
SO |
Taylor |
10 |
17:46.5 |
5:43.3 |
5:40.1 (8) |
11:28.7 (11) |
17:13.9 (11) |
| 11 |
KNEVELBAARD, Annechiena |
JR |
Dordt |
11 |
17:49.1 |
5:44.1 |
5:40.2 (9) |
11:33.9 (21) |
17:16.5 (12) |
| 12 |
DE CASTRO, Danielle |
SR |
Oregon Tech |
12 |
17:49.5 |
5:44.2 |
|
|
|
| 13 |
SHAPIC, Alison |
JR |
Madonna |
13 |
17:50.4 |
5:44.5 |
5:41.2 (16) |
11:33.6 (19) |
17:16.8 (13) |
| 14 |
MURPHY, Christina |
SO |
Madonna |
14 |
17:51.4 |
5:44.8 |
5:41.0 (14) |
11:33.4 (17) |
17:23.1 (17) |
| 15 |
DORN, Keili |
SR |
Embry-Riddle Arizona |
15 |
17:52.3 |
5:45.1 |
5:41.5 (18) |
11:35.1 (22) |
17:19.1 (14) |
| 16 |
PFLUGHOFT, Sandra |
FR |
SCAD Atlanta |
16 |
17:52.7 |
5:45.2 |
5:41.5 (19) |
11:33.9 (20) |
17:22.8 (16) |
| 17 |
WILSON, Lydia |
SO |
Montreat |
-- |
17:53.6 |
5:45.5 |
5:40.6 (10) |
11:31.3 (14) |
17:22.1 (15) |
| 18 |
PAQUETTE, Madison |
SR |
Cleary |
-- |
17:54.5 |
5:45.8 |
5:41.6 (21) |
11:36.0 (26) |
17:23.6 (20) |
| 19 |
DIRR, Aspen |
SR |
Huntington |
-- |
17:55.6 |
5:46.2 |
5:41.7 (23) |
11:36.2 (27) |
17:23.6 (21) |
| 20 |
JEMELI, Jackline |
SR |
Wayland Baptist |
17 |
17:56.7 |
5:46.5 |
5:42.8 (27) |
11:36.4 (28) |
17:23.4 (18) |
| 21 |
SMITH, Kelli |
JR |
Cornerstone |
18 |
17:57.1 |
5:46.7 |
5:45.0 (36) |
11:32.9 (16) |
17:23.4 (19) |
| 22 |
BROWNELL, Cassandra |
JR |
Northwest Christian |
19 |
17:59.8 |
5:47.5 |
5:47.2 (46) |
11:54.5 (62) |
17:28.7 (25) |
| 23 |
ADAMS, Emily |
SO |
Lewis-Clark |
20 |
18:00.0 |
5:47.6 |
5:44.2 (32) |
11:45.5 (42) |
17:29.7 (28) |
| 24 |
STEPANIAN, Natalie |
FR |
SCAD Atlanta |
21 |
18:00.3 |
5:47.7 |
5:53.0 (102) |
11:46.2 (44) |
17:29.2 (27) |
| 25 |
KAUFMAN, Mindy |
SR |
Montana Western |
-- |
18:00.7 |
5:47.8 |
5:41.5 (20) |
11:35.9 (24) |
17:28.0 (24) |
| 26 |
BLACKMORE, Kayle |
SR |
Southern Oregon |
22 |
18:00.7 |
5:47.8 |
5:51.3 (83) |
11:45.0 (41) |
17:30.6 (30) |
| 27 |
KUIK, Marissa |
JR |
Waldorf |
-- |
18:00.8 |
5:47.9 |
5:41.0 (13) |
11:35.3 (23) |
17:28.8 (26) |
| 28 |
GURNE, Mackenzie |
JR |
Madonna |
23 |
18:00.9 |
5:47.9 |
5:41.8 (24) |
11:36.9 (30) |
17:26.3 (23) |
| 29 |
BERENDS, Alex |
SR |
Taylor |
24 |
18:01.1 |
5:47.9 |
5:39.4 (5) |
11:28.9 (12) |
17:24.8 (22) |
| 30 |
STORMS, Jenna |
SR |
Southern Oregon |
25 |
18:01.8 |
5:48.2 |
5:52.5 (98) |
11:45.5 (43) |
17:30.4 (29) |