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Women's Cross Country Finishes 21st at NCAA Championships
November 21, 2015 | Women's Cross Country
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (11/21/13) - Junior Lizzie Bird guided the Princeton women's cross country team to a 21st place finish at the 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship in Louisville, on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Bird was the first Ivy League runner to finish the race, covering the 6k Tom Sawyer course in 20:35.6. It was a huge improvement for the Ivy League Heps champion, since her 2013 NCAA appearance, when she finished 213th as a freshmna. Senior Kathryn Fluehr was 81st overall at 20:44.0. This was the second time Fluehr was the No. 2 runner across the line for the Tigers at the NCAAs, as she was 187th in 2013 with a time of 21:56.0 in Terre Haute. Sophomore Melinda Renuart was the third scorer, clocking 21:17.5 for 165th place in her NCAA appearance. Senior Kathryn Little followed 21:28.9 for 187th in her second time on the big stage. The final scorer was freshman Brighie Leach, coming in four places back from Little at 21:31.3.
Freshman Allie Klimkiewicz, who replaced senior captain Emily de La Bruyere in today's race ran 21:52.3. de La Bruyere had her Rhodes Scholar interview this afternoon and could not race. Junior Ally Markovich was the the No. 7 at 22:04.2.
New Mexico won the national championship with a score of 49. Colorado was second followed by Oregon in third. Notre Dame's Molly Seidel broke the #Foot Locker curse, and won the race at 19:28.6.
Princeton Finishers
58. Lizzie Bird 20:35.6
81. Kathryn Fluehr 20:44.0
165. Melinda Renuart 21:17.5
187. Kathryn Little 21:28.9
191. Brighie Leach 21:31.3
216. Allie Klimkiewicz 21:52.3
228. Ally Markovich 22:04.2