Cross Country Women Place Fifth at Pre-National Invitational

Saturday, October 18

Terre Haute, Ind.

11:00 AM

NC State

Indiana State Pre-Nationals Invitational

Cross Country Women Place Fifth at Pre-National Invitational

10/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country

Oct. 18, 2014

TERRE HAUTE, IND.- The NC State women’s cross country team took fifth place of 43 teams with a total of 233 points, while the men’s squad finished 13^th of 46 teams with 449 points at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind. on Saturday.

Meet Highlights
-Joanna Thompson led the Wolfpack women with her 12^th place finish in the individual standings with a time of 21:04.1.
-Sophomore Erika Kemp finished three seconds behind Thompson to take 14^th place.
-Sam Parsons led the Pack with a time of 24:51.5 to finish 32^nd, while Graham Crawford and Sebastian Hanson finished 85^th and 106^th, respectively, to round out the top three for the Wolfpack men. 

Wolfpack Results
Wolfpack Men Top 5 (Complete Men’s Results)
Sam Parsons, 32^nd, 24:51.5
Graham Crawford, 85^th, 25:22.0
Sebastian Hanson, 106^th, 25:29.6
Nick Link, 114^th, 25:32.9
Bakri Abushouk, 117^th, 25:34.6
Wolfpack Women Top 5 (Complete Women’s Results)
Joanna Thompson, 12^th, 21:04.1
Erika Kemp, 14^th, 21:07.1
Mary Grace Doggett, 44^th, 21:29.5
Megan Moye, 74^th, 21:48.8
Kenyetta Iyevbele, 89^th, 21:57.8 

Up Next
-The teams will next head to Earlysville, Va. for the ACC Cross Country Championships on Oct. 31.
-Including NC State, four ACC schools from the men’s side and seven from the women’s teams rank in the top-30 of the most recent USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Cross Country National Coaches Polls. 

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