XC Women Win UIW Twilight

Friday, September 1

San Antonio, Texas

8:50 p.m.

Baylor

UIW Twilight

XC Women Win UIW Twilight

9/1/2023 11:01:00 PM | Cross Country

Women's 4k Results Men's 6k Results

Both teams land podium finishes to open the 2023 season

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Baylor cross country kicked off their season in high gear on Friday night with a pair of top-3 podium finishes at the IUW Twilight meet at the Classics Elite Soccer Complex.

THE RUNDOWN
Led by the second-overall finisher, Hayden Gold, the women's squad took the 4,000-meter title in the Alamo City with 33 team points. Expanding the scoring to the first seven Bears across the finish line, Rosanna Pugh (4^th- 14:51), Jordan Ledington (5^th - 15:00), Anna Garner (8^th - 15:04), Alaina Zamorano (14^th - 15:17), Chloe Gangnath (16^th - 15:22) and Jackie Addy (19^th - 15:34) all contributed to the Bears victory on Friday.

Abby Morris finished in 25th just behind Addy, followed by Kat Helmer 30th and Kira Dietrich in 34^th.

The men's squad saw Ryan Hodge find a top-10 spot at No. 7 with an 18:43.3 6,000-meter mark to open the season. Aiden Ramshaw (15^th - 19:00), Straton Miller (21^st - 19:05), Nolan Keenan (24^th - 19:08), Devin Duran (27^th - 19:15), Kanalu Wong (34^th - 19:30) and Caleb Ackman (48^th - 19:58) all scored and were only followed by Zach Zawatski, who took 79^th in the event.

HIGHLIGHTS

Five freshman scored points in their first meet, with four in their respective team's first five.
The women's team win was the first for either Baylor team in a non-dual meet since the 2018 Bear Twilight that saw the men's team victorious.
Hayden Gold's second-place finish was the highest for any Baylor woman in a non-dual meet since Anna West took the runner-up spot at the 2017 Big 12 Cross Country Championship.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor cross country takes the Watts Course in Bryan-College Station for the Texas A&M Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 15^th. The first race of the day is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m.

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