DENVER, Colo. – Competing in its second meet of the season, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's cross country team placed fifth out of 10 teams with 144 points Saturday at the Metropolitan State University of Denver Roadrunners Invitational at Washington Park.
INSIDE THE MSU DENVER ROADRUNNERS INVITATIONAL
- Course: Washington Park | Denver, Colo.
- Distance: 6k
- Elevation: 5,322 feet
AROUND THE COURSE
- Making her UCCS debut, Kyla Ricks paced the Mountain Lions with a ninth-place finish, completing the 6k in 22:42.34.
- MacKenzie McIntosh followed in 31st place with a time of 23:46.36, while Mazie Olkowski finished just behind her in 32nd at 23:52.08.
- Dana Pivin placed 46th in 24:13.78, and Sydney Fauske rounded out the UCCS scoring group with a 50th-place finish in 24:23.74.
- UCCS also had Matea Moreno finish 56th in 24:36.44 and Kailey Sleven place 72nd in 25:36.93.
RACE LEADERS
- Division I Colorado claimed the team title with a perfect score of 15 points.
- Colorado's Adrianna Buitelaar won the individual title, finishing first among the 87 competitors with a time of 20:41.87.
BEYOND THE FINISH LINE
- Along with Ricks, four more Mountain Lions ran their first 6k race for UCCS this morning: McIntosh, Olkowski, Moreno, and Sleven.
UP NEXT
- UCCS will return to the course on Sunday, Oct. 11 at the NCAA Pre-National meet in Lawrence, Kan.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
