Queens' Women's Cross Country takes 10th at national championships

Queens' Women's Cross Country takes 10th at national championships

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Queens' Women's Cross Country takes 10th at national championships

-courtesy of QUC Sports Information

SPOKANE, Wash. – The women’s cross country team at Queens University of Charlotte, ranked 11th in the nation, raced in the 2011 NCAA Championships this afternoon collecting a score of 372 taking 10th place in the 24 team field. Augustana (S.D.) is the NCAA Division II women's cross country national champion. The Vikings earned the program's first national title and the school's second overall team national championship with a score of 75. In second place was Western State with a 70, while Grand Valley State placed third with a score of 104.

Kimone Hewitt (Orange County, Calif., Segerstown) (22:29.3) and Rosa Young (Spartanburg, South Carolina, Dorman High School) (22:35.0) led the Royals in 42nd and 48th place, respectively, on a snowy Plantes Ferry Athletic Complex course. Andrea Guerra (Anaheim, Calif., Loara) clocked in at 22:51.4 for a 57th place finish. Wrapping up the Royals’ scoring was Mathilde Timboni (Prévessin-Möens, France, Prévessin-Möens) (24:18.9) and Holly Annas (Granite Falls, N.C., South Caldwell) (24:32.7) at no. 139 and no. 147.

Leah Hanson led the Vikings, finishing 12th and running the 6,000-meter course in 21:40.40. Runa Falch finished directly behind her teammate in 21:42.40; Kristin Brondbo (21:47.90) and Kyle Blakeslee (21:53.30) rounded out this cluster of Augustana runners by finishing 15th and 18th, respectively. Kelly Kougl finished scoring by placing 29th in 22:08.40.

Shippensburg's Neely Spence took home the individual championship with a time of 20:53.8.