Baylor
Wisconsin adidas Invitational (women)
Women's Cross Country Led By Montoya In Wisconsin
10/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
MADISON, Wis. ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Led by the 11th-place finish of junior Maggie Montoya, the Baylor women's cross team placed 30th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational Friday at the Zimmer Championship Course.
Montoya covered the 6,000-meter course in a personal-best time of 19:56.0. She was 20th after 4,000 meters, but closed strong to move up the leaderboard.
Behind Montoya, Peyton Thomas ran a personal-best as well in 20:53.4 to be 88th overall. Alex Davis placed 165th to be BU's third runner across the finish line with a time of 21:35.7.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The women's other scoring runners were Chelsea Orr (195th, 21:52.6) and Ann Maria Dunlap (212th, 22:07.9).
- The women's total point score was 671, which was 37 points behind 29th-place Boston College (634) and 59 points ahead of Ohio State (730), which finished 31st.
- Montoya's previous personal-best for 6,000 meters was 20:32.3 at the 2014 Big 12 Championship.
- Thomas' previous personal-best for 6,000 meters was 21:31.8 at the 2014 NCAA South Central Regional.
- There were a total of 35 schools in the field, including five top-10 teams.
TOP QUOTE #1
"Maggie looked really good the last 2,000 meters. She moved hard and finished well. I think she felt really good about it. That is the first time she has broken 20 minutes. It is good place for her to be at this time of the year." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" head coach Todd Harbour on Maggie Montoya
TOP QUOTE #2
"Peyton was a little under the weather today, but it was still a PR for her, so a good day for her time-wise, but she felt she could have been a little higher place-wise. Alex Davis took a big step today. She is continuing to improve after her injury this summer. " ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Harbour said of his other top runners
TOP QUOTE #3
"Overall, we got a lot accomplished. It probably doesn't look that way on the scoreboard with the 30th-place finish, but I am very optimistic. We have the talent to accomplish a lot, but we have to keep moving forward. It was a solid field, but we are not that far way. If we make the same progress we made the last four weeks in the next four weeks, we are going to be fine." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Harbour on where his team stands heading into the postseason
WHAT'S NEXT
Next weekend, the men and women will both be off from action in preparation of the Big 12 Championship on Oct. 31 in Stillwater, Okla.
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