Oct. 16, 2011
Pre-National Meet: Women's Results
WASHINGTON - Traveling to Terre Haute, Ind., the Georgetown Hoyas previewed the NCAA Championship course today competing in the Indiana State Pre-National Meet. Seven-time All-American Emily Infeld (University Heights, Ohio/Beaumont) was the first Hoya to cross the finish line with her fifth-place finish to lead the Hoyas to a second-place finish overall with 99 points behind Florida State (46).
Although the Hoyas took second place, it was clearly evident that the Hoyas had the most depth as all seven competitors for the Hoyas finished in the top 45 oveall. With just the first five times recorded toward the final team score, FSU's 4/7/8/13/14 bested the Hoyas 5/17/19/26/32. The top10 saw FSU (46), Georgetown (99), Michigan (158), Colorado (160), Cornell (161), UC Davis (221), Dartmouth (273), Iona (304), Central Michigan (329) and Tulsa (336). With just four BIG EAST Conference school competing, all seven GU competitors finished before any other league competitors.
Infeld finished with a time of 20:44 for fifth place and had yet to race this season prior to today. With a strategy that centered around running as a team, Infeld was the first to cross the finish line for the Blue & Gray with Claire Richardson (St. Paul, Minn./The Blake School) finishing second for the Hoyas and 17th (21:09) overall.
All-American Emily Jones (Harvard, Mass./Bromfield) finished 19th overall (21:15) while Annamarie Maag (Lake Oswego, Ore./Jesuit), the fourth Hoya to finish, took 26th overall (21:27). The final GU competitor to score points was Katrina Coogan (Exeter, N.H./Phillips Exeter Academy), finishing 33rd overall with a time of 21:39, registering 32 points for the team.
Despite their times and places not counting toward the final score, Kirsten Kasper (North Andover, Mass./North Andover) and Lauren Borduin (Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge) finished 41st and 45th with times of 21:47 and 21:50, respectively.
The Hoyas will continue competition on Saturday, October 29 at the BIG EAST Championships held at the E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky.
