Cross Country Tunes Up For BIG EAST Championship in Peoria

MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS

PEORIA, Ill. – The Creighton's men's and women's cross country teams raced at the Ideal Rentals Bradley Pink Classic on Friday in Peoria in the final tune-up prior to the BIG EAST Championships.

The Bluejay women's team finished in 36th place out of 39 with a team score of 985. The Iowa State women finished in first place with a team score of 54, defeating South Dakota who had a team score of 144 to take second. BIG EAST rivals Butler, Marquette and Xavier finished in seventh, ninth and 26^th, while Nebraska finished in 35^th.

The first Creighton finisher was freshman Danielle Hotalling who finished in 92^nd with a time of 22:08.4 to lead CU for the fourth time in as many meets. Following Hotalling was junior Caroline Pass who finished in 198^th place and ran a time of 23:15.6. Next was Marguerite Hendrickson who ran a time of 23:47.9 which earned her a 225^th place finish. Erin Smith finished in 229^th place, running a time of 23:51.9. Sophomore Amy Leasure clocked a time of 24:19.0, good for 241^st place. Next up was sophomore Katie Fukushima who finished in 248^th and had a time of 24:27.3. Erica Cradeur finished in 249^th place and ran a time of 24:28.2. Haley Fye ran a time of 25:21.6, to come in 285th.

Iowa State's Callie Logue won the women's race with a 6K time of 20:32.6, beating Toledo's Athena Welsh by four seconds and the field of 298 overall competitors.

The CU men's team finished in 32nd out of 33 teams and had a total score of 930. Host Bradley took won the meet with a score of 76 while Grand Valley State was runner-up with a team score of 97. Several BIG EAST teams also raced at the meet. Marquette finished in ninth with a score of 373, Xavier finished in 17^th with a score of 492, DePaul finished in 24^th with a score of 600, and Butler finished in 29^th with a score of 802. Nebraska finished in 22^nd with a score 587.

Leading the way for the Bluejay men was junior Chase Howard who finished in 149^th place and ran a time of 26:25.6. In 157^th place was sophomore Max Wehrle with a time of 26:29.3. After Wehrle was 195^th place freshman Aidan King in a time of 26:58.3. Next was Nick Monkemeyer in 209^th place who had a time of 27:11.2. Boston Small was after Monkemeyer in 220^th with a time of 27:47.7. Next was junior Nate Fedel in 223^rd who ran a time of 27:52.9. Jackson Stamper finished in 231^st place and had a time of 28:20.4. Freshman Bryce Shirley ran a time of 28:38.8, placing 267th.

Grand Valley State teammates Zach Panning (24:06.7) and Enael Woledmichael (24:29.7) topped the 8K field of 273 men's entrants.

The next race for both Creighton's men and women's teams is the BIG EAST Championship in Indianapolis, Ind. on October 27^th.

Cross Country Tunes Up For BIG EAST Championship in Peoria

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Players Mentioned

Erica Cradeur

Nate Fedel

Katie Fukushima

Haley Fye

Marguerite Hendrickson

Danielle Hotalling

Chase Howard

Aidan King

Amy Leasure

Nick Monkemeyer

Caroline Pass

Bryce Shirley

Boston Small

Erin Smith

Jackson Stamper

Max Wehrle