University of Minnesota Athletics
GOPHER WOMEN 26TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
11/20/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Colorado laid claim to its first team and individual title as senior Kara Grgas-Wheeler, of Duluth, Minn., led the way in a time of 20 minutes, 30.5 seconds. She was followed seven seconds later by Montana junior Sabrina Munro while Wisconsin's Erica Palmer, the defending champion, was third in 20:39.9.
The Buffalos scored 117 points to outdistance defending champion Brigham Young by 50 points. Stanford, ranked third coming into the meet, finished third with 198 points.
Minnesota, appearing in its fourth consecutive NCAA Championship, was led by frosh Darja Vasiljeva, finished 49th overall in 21:34.0. Senior Elaine Eggleston was the team's number two runner, 109th overall in 22:01.6, while sophomore Anita Menden recorded her highest team finish, third, of the season, covering the 6,000-meter course in 22:31.9 to finish 165th.
Junior Victoria Moses was fourth for Minnesota, 184th in 22:44.9 while senior Corinne Nimtz, who battled a leg injury throughout the race, rounded out the Gophers' scoring by finishing 218th in 23:15.2.
Minnesota's final two runners were frosh Krista Anderson, 227th in 23:34.9, and Laine Misch, 230th in 23:40.1.
Team scores: 1. Colorado, 117; 2. Brigham Young, 167; 3. Stanford, 198; 4. Boston College, 214; 5. Georgetown, 247; 6. Arizona State, 266; 7. Yale, 285; 8. Wisconsin, 298; 9. Providence, 310; 10. Kansas State, 325. 11. North Carolina State, 336; 12. North Carolina, 338; 13. Arkansas, 365; 14. Michigan, 381; 15. Brown, 405; 16. Missouri, 414; 17. Colorado State, 437; 18. Texas A&M, 447; 19. Arizona, 476; 20. Villanova, 482. 21. West Virginia, 491; 22. Weber State, 505; 23. Washington, 521; 24. Duke, 539; 25. Columbia, 560; 26. Minnesota, 573; 27. Marquette, 589; 28. Oregon, 619; 29. Wake Forest, 651; 30. South Florida, 682; 31. Georgia Tech, 742. Top individuals: 1. Kara Grgas-Wheeler, Colorado, 20:30.5; 2. Sabrina Monro, Montana, 20:37.8; 3. Erica Palmer, Wisconsin, 20:39.9; 4. Shalane Flanagan, North Carolina, 20:42.7; 5. Lisa Aguilera, Arizona State, 20:46.3; 6. Amy Mortimer, Kansas State, 20:50.1; 7. Sheela Agrawal, Duke, 20:50.4; 8. Sara Gorton, Colorado, 20:51.3; 9. Bethany Brewster, Wisconsin, 20:53.3; 10. Larissa Kleinmann, Arkansas, 20:54.0. 11. Lauren Fleshman, Stanford, 20:54.5; 12. Korene Hinds, Kansas State, 20:56.5; 13. Megan Guiney, Boston College, 21:05.1; 14. Suzanne Heyer, Penn State, 21:09.0; 15. Anita Looper, Texas-El Pasa, 21:10.3; 16. Katie Jazwinski, Michigan, 21:11.4; 17. Melanie Steere, Brigham Young, 21:12.5; 18. Tara Northcutt, Brigham Young, 21:12.9; 19. Sara Tindall, Brown, 21:13.8; 20. Sara Wells, Oklahoma State, 21:15.3. Minnesota runners: 49. Darja Vasiljeva, 21:34.0; 109. Elaine Eggleston, 22:01.6; 165. Anita Menden, 22:31.9; 184. Victoria Moses, 22:44.9; 218. Corinne Nimtz, 23:15.2; 227. Krista Anderson, 23:34.9; 230. Laine Misch, 23:40.1.
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