The Women of Oregon finished in ninth place at Friday’s Nuttycombe Invitational.
MADISON, Wis. – Junior Mia Barnett ran to an 18th-place finish Friday afternoon at the Nuttycombe Invitational, pacing the UO women to a ninth-place team showing. Over the final third of the 6K race, the Ducks made up two spots to finish inside the top 10. Friday’s race featured 15 of the top-30 ranked teams in the country.
Barnett, runner-up at the season-opening Pre’s Trail Run three weeks prior, continued the strong start to her season with a 6K time of 20.30.7 on the Zimmer Championship Course. She was the first Oregon runner and fourth Big Ten competitor across the line. Newcomer Wilma Nielsen and Anika Thompson were the second and third UO runners in 35th and 62nd place, respectively.
A pair of Oregon freshmen rounded out the team’s top five with Charlotte Sinke and Ali Ince, both in their official debuts in a UO kit. Sinke and Ince raced unattached at the Pre’s Trail Run (Sept. 6).
Full Team/Individual Results | 9. Oregon – 264
18. Mia Barnett – 20:30.7
35. Wilma Nielsen – 20:47.9
62. Anika Thompson – 21:06.9
68. Charlotte Sinke – 21:10.2
81. Ali Ince – 21:18.7
108. Samantha McDonnell – 21:32.4
159. Kendall Martin – 22:06.8
162. Harper McClain – 22:12.8
Sadie Sigfstead (19:55.7) of Villanova won the women’s championship race.
In the first race of the day, redshirt freshman Ella Thorsett turned in a 10th-place finish in the ‘B’ race. The Sisters, Ore., native finished in 21:40.5 and was the third freshman overall across the line. Boston College’s Molly Fitzpatrick (21:15.2) won Friday’s early race.
The weekend continues Saturday with the UO men, ranked 22nd in the latest USTFCCCA poll, running at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla. The men’s 8K starts at 6:50 a.m. (PT). The Ducks will host the Bill Dellinger Invitational on Friday, Oct. 11, at the Pine Ridge Golf Club in Springfield, Ore.
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