Mizzou cross country finishes regular season with a pair of top-three finishes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Tigers' cross country teams concluded the regular season at the Pre-National Invitational this morning at Gans Creek Cross Country Course.
The No. 19 Mizzou men took home the silver in the 8k race with a score of 164, beating out conference rivals No. 24 Ole Miss and Texas.
Drew Rogers (Senior) finished first for MU with a time of 23:24.7, coming across the line in 12th. Freshman Elijah Limo was the next tiger across in 14th, running 23:25.8. His result was the second-highest of any freshman in the field.
The No. 21 women were the third-place team in their race, scoring 216 points, ahead of nationally ranked No. 30 Tennessee and No. 23 Boston College. No. 1 BYU and No. 19 Villanova had the two highest team finishes with 25 and 170 points.
Monica Wanjiku (Freshman) led the Tigers and was the ninth-place finisher overall. This was her second consecutive race leading the team, and ran 19:47.9 over 6k. Rahel Broemmel (Junior) was the next Mizzou runner across with a 20:31.4 to take 43rd.
You can find the rest of the Tigers' finishing positions below.
Up Next - the teams' next meet will be in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the SEC Championships on Friday, October 31.
Men's 8k Results - 2nd Place (164 Points)
- Drew Rogers, 23:24.7 - 12th
- Elijah Limo, 23:25.8 - 14th
- Tyler Freiner, 23:58.0 - 36th
- Austin Popplewell, 24:03.9 - 46th
- Ryder James, 24:16.2 - 61st
- Joshua Allison, 24:48.7 - 106th
- Raymond Kipkoech, 24:54.5 - 117th
- Carter Spradling, 25:19.9 - 163rd
- Louie Endres, 27:45.5 - 257th
Women's 6k Results - 3rd Place (216 Points)
- Monica Wanjiku, 19:47.9 - 9th
- Rahel Broemmel, 20:31.4 - 43rd
- Mirriam Chepkirui, 20:32.3 - 45th
- Kobi Walker, 20:34.6 - 51st
- Allison Newman, 20:53.8 - 78th
- Charlotte Cullen, 20:55.1 - 81st
- Natalie Barnard, 21:16.8 - 126th
- Elissa Barnard, 21:55.5 - 200th
