XC Finishes Sixth, Seventh at Big 12 Championships

Friday, October 28

Lubbock, Texas

10 am

Baylor

Big 12 Championships

XC Finishes Sixth, Seventh at Big 12 Championships

10/28/2022 2:38:00 PM | Cross Country

Men's Results Women's Results

The Bears were led by fifth-year seniors Ryan Day and Ellie Hodge

LUBBOCK, Texas – Baylor cross country ran in the Big 12 Championships on Friday morning at LCU's Chaparral Ridge Cross Country Course. The women finished the race in sixth place, while the men finished seventh overall.

THE RUNDOWN
Ellie Hodge led the women in their 6k race on a muddy and wet course on Friday, finishing in 24^th with a time of 21:55.0. She was followed by Sophia Leidner in 31^st place, Cate Urbani in 39^th place, Taylor Whitfield in 47^th place and Jordan Ledington in 52^nd place. Hayden Gold followed shortly behind the top-5, finishing in 54^th. The women scored 180 points, which landed them sixth, in front of Kansas State, Kansas, Texas Tech and TCU.

In his fourth meet of the year, Ryan Day led the men for the fourth time this season. Day finished seven spots and 15 seconds outside of the All-Big 12 range, crossing the line in 22^nd place and a time of 24:59.3. Also scoring for Baylor was Drew Snyder in 37^th, Ryan Hodge in 46^th, Noah Monroy in 59^th and Ethan Wrase in 71^st. Devin Duran crossed the line in 76^th place. Combined, the squad tallied 195 points, enough for seventh place.

QUOTABLE
Head Cross Country Coach David Barnett
On today's race…
"Overall both squads gave great effort. The results weren't quite what I think we're capable of, but there has certainly been progress made. Ryan Day had his best career conference finish and led the men, while Ellie Hodge put herself in a great position early and held onto a very solid finish. At this point we need to recover, reset and get ready for the NCAA South Central Regional meet in two weeks. I'm optimistic that we still have our best races ahead of us there."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return to the Dale Watts Course in Bryan-College Station for the NCAA South Central Regional on Nov. 11 to fight for a spot to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla. The race is scheduled to begin at 9:15 a.m., with live results provided by FlashResults.

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