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11.12.2011  |  Women's Cross Country  |  Viewed 372 times
Results
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Trevecca women's cross country team sent three-harriers to the NCCAA Division 1 Women's Cross Country National Championship. The Championships were held at the Elvin R. King Cross Country course on the Cedarville University campus. The women's championship course was set to a 5000 meter (3.1 miles) distance. There were 140 runners completing in the division one meet.

Emily Husted led the Trevecca effort with an 87th place finish with a time of 21:26. Rachel Mudd turned in a personal record time of 22:09. Emily Keller with the third and final Trojan runner, Keller finished at 23:15.

Emily Husted, Rachel Mudd, and Emily Keller put together a stellar effort on a course that was made more challenging due to cold temperatures, gradual up hill and down hill terrain and blistering wind gusts.

"With terrain like this you tend to get beat up on the uphill and rest on the downhill instead of keeping pace on the uphill and surging on the downhill," said Trevecca assistant coach Nick Landry. "So the wind made what would normally be a consistent course, more difficult due to the additional conditions."

"Emily (Husted) has been our top female for each race this year and really has taken the team on her shoulder, for that we are very proud," commented Landry. "Rachel has consistently improved despite battling some early season (nagging) injuries, but capped her season with a personal best at the Nationals today."

"Emily (Keller) ran well with a few mental challenges, like her left shoe coming undone, to overcome. That obviously made it difficult for her. We are proud for fighting through that today along with the running conditions."

Emily Smith, who didn't participate, came on the trip as she earned NCCAA Academic All-American honors with a 4.0 GPA.

This event concludes the 2011 season for the women's cross country team.

Finish                        Mile     Total Time
87 Husted, Emily ... FR ... 6:54.1 ... 21:26.46
106 Mudd, Rachel ... FR ... 7:07.9 ... 22:09.25
121 Keller, Emily ... FR ... 7:29.1 ... 23:15.09