Friday, September 15
Cary, N.C.
6:10 p.m.
NC State
vs
Adidas XC Challenge (WakeMed Soccer Park)
Taye Captures Individual Crown at Adidas XC Challenge
9/15/2017 9:48:00 PM | Cross Country
The young trio of Beth Taye, Elly Henes and Dominique Clairmonte led the way as the Wolfpack women posted a dominant team performance Friday night at WakeMed Soccer Park.
Men's Results | Women's Results
CARY, N.C. – NC State sophomore Beth Taye took home the Adidas XC Challenge individual crown Friday night at the WakeMed Soccer Park, finishing first overall with a mark of 17:00.0 in the women's 5K. Junior Elijah Moskowitz was the Pack's highest finisher on the men's side as he placed fourth individually in the 6K at 18:17.5.
Men's Race Recap:
Right behind Moskowitz was redshirt-sophomore Tanis Baldwin, who finished fifth with a time of 18:21.5 in his first collegiate 6K race. Ben Barrett (9th, 18:25.9), Edwin Rutto (11th, 18:30.4) and Joe Bistritz (17th, 18:36.5) rounded out the Pack's top-five at the home meet.
Junior Philip Hall, racing unattached, posted a dominant performance as he placed second individually with a college-best 18:13.9. Freshman Ian Shanklin also notched a top-10 finish unattached as he crossed the line at 18:22.1 to place seventh.
Tanis Baldwin of the @PackXC men's team placed 5th at today's season opening adidas XC Challenge! #GoPack pic.twitter.com/w69wHv4G8i
— NC State Athletics (@PackAthletics) September 15, 2017
Women's Race Recap:
Elly Henes (17:00.8) and Dominique Clairmonte (17:02.2) crossed the line almost immediately after Taye as NC State went 1-2-3 in the White 5K event. Alyssa Rudawsky (6th, 17:19.4), Ryen Frazier (9th, 17:26.6) and Bianca Bishop (10th, 17:31.7) came in next for NC State as six athletes in uniform placed inside the top-10.
The Pack women took home the team title with twelve head-to-head victories in the meet's double-dual scoring format. If the meet had been scored as an invitational, NC State would have also won in a landslide with 20 points from its top-five runners.
The women's @PackXC squad wins the adidas XC Challenge! Hear from Beth Taye (1st place) and Dom Clairmonte (3rd). #STATEment pic.twitter.com/kCE9OKF1KX
— NC State Athletics (@PackAthletics) September 15, 2017
Pack Totals Nine PR's:
Although a 6K is not the most common distance for a men's cross country race, it's worth noting that six Wolfpack men posted college-best times at the Adidas XC Challenge. Hall's mark of 18:13.9 was a personal-best by more than seven seconds. Moskowitz notched his 6K PR by a mere hundredth of a second at 18:17.5. Edwin Rutto (18:30.4), Joe Bistritz (18:36.5), Alec Thomas (18:39.4) and Tim Bason (18:41.8) each clocked their fastest collegiate 6K's as well.
On the women's side, Taye (17:00.0), Henes (17:00.8) and Bethany Neeley (17:56.6) turned in college-best 5K performances for the Wolfpack.
Wolfpack debuts (in-uniform):
Redshirt-freshmen Rutto (11th), Bistritz (17th) and Bason (20th) each earned top-20 finishes in their in-uniform debuts for the Pack after competing unattached all of last season.
For the women, Clairmonte showed out in her first collegiate cross country race with a third-place finish. Redshirt-seniors Neeley (21st) and Tiana Patillo (106th) also suited up for the Wolfpack for the first time.
Freshman debuts (unattached):
NC State freshmen Shanklin and Noah Graham made their collegiate debuts as they raced unattached at the meet. Shanklin, a 5K All-American in high school, crossed the line 7th in his first race as a collegian. Graham finished 53rd in the men's 6K with a 19:53.7 performance.
On the women's side, Julia Zachgo, Isabel Zimmermann and Janay Hall ran their first collegiate 5K. Zachgo earned a top-10 finish as she placed eighth individually with a time of 17:25.4. Zimmermann came in 17th with mark of 17:53.8, while Hall placed 56th in 19:07.3.
Up next:
The Pack is set to travel to South Bend, Ind. for the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational. That meet is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29 at the Notre Dame Golf Course.
For the most up-to-date information on NC State cross country, follow @PackXC on Twitter.
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