Saturday, October 31
Athens, Ohio
12:00 pm
Bowling Green State University
7th
at
Mid American Conference
Women Fly to Seventh Place Finish at MAC Championship
Sat, Oct, 31 | Women's Cross Country
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Abby Koch finished 26th to lead the Bowling Green State University women's cross country team to a seventh place finish in the MAC Championship that took place Saturday on the campus of Ohio University.
Miami and Toledo dominated the field as the RedHawks won the championship with 44 points. The Rockets were the runner-up with 63 points. The Falcons ended up with 212 points.
Women's Summary
On a muddy surface, Abby Koch finished the race with a time of 23:40.5. Her time was the third best out of the freshman at the meet. Koch's 26th place finish was the top performance by a freshman at the MAC Championship, since Stephanie Hillman finished 21st.
“Abby Koch ran really well,” Bowling Green coach Cami Wells said.
Junior Carly Wells (23:50.7, 31st) had another good performance and junior Heather Conger (24:06.0, 42nd) had a solid finish for the second meet in a row.
The next three BGSU runners didn't get off to great starts and had a hard time making up ground.
Senior Andrea Pereira de Almeida (24:20.1, 52nd) and juniors Sally Kandie (24:32.9, 61st), Barbara Powers (24:34.6, 63rd) and Ashley Fischer (24:46.5, 67th) rounded out the scoring for the Falcons.
Autumn Dettmann (25.14.1) and Megan Kelsey (25:38.5), both juniors, also competed for the Falcons.
“We worked hard this season and people have improved a lot,” Wells said. “We have to keep working to get where we need to be.”
The team will compete in the NCAA Division I regional at Indiana University in two weeks. The top seven runners from the MAC Championship will represent the Falcons at the meet at 12:15 p.m. on November 14.