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Friday, October 4
Notre Dame, IN
12:00 PM
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Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational
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No. 29 Gophers Place Ninth at Notre Dame
10/4/2019 4:00:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track & Field
The Minnesota women raced at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Friday.
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- The No. 29 University of Minnesota women's cross country squad placed ninth of 24 teams in the Women's Blue Division race at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Friday.
Led by Anastasia Korzenowski's 24th-place individual showing in a career-best 16:49.72 for 5K, the Gophers scored 265 points. Minnesota's top five runners all came in among the top 72 overall in a field of 168 finishers. Jaycie Thomsen, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Zetta Mason, and Olivia Hummel rounded out the top five for the Maroon & Gold.
Utah took home top team honors in the Blue Division race with a team score of 110, followed by runner-up Colorado with 116 points and Florida State in third (129 points).
Quotable
"I thought we ran great," head coach Sarah Hopkins said. "When we came in, I thought a top-15 day would be really solid and a top-10 day was kind of the gold standard. To be ninth in this type of field -- it's still early for lots of teams and it was the first big race for a lot of teams, so you don't really know what the rankings mean at this point, but to beat a lot of teams that traditionally have been national caliber teams and are good on paper -- I think that's a really good sign of where we're at. We have had two really good races back-to-back here, and I think we took another step forward from Griak today. We were really competitive up and down the line. They did exactly what I asked them to do and battled the whole way, and we came away with a pretty good result."
Notable
All 12 of Minnesota's finishers at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational clocked cross country career-best 5K times.
Gopher Results - Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite 5K (Blue Division)
24. Anastasia Korzenowski, 16:49.72 (PR)
46. Jaycie Thomsen, 17:04.07 (PR)
52. Abby Kohut-Jackson, 17:07.88 (PR)
71. Zetta Mason, 17:21.23 (PR)
72. Olivia Hummel, 17:22.17 (PR)
81. Tate Sweeney, 17:25.12 (PR)
83. Carissa Dock, 17:25.70 (PR)
117. Maria Eastman, 17:43.80 (PR)
Gopher Results - Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite 5K (Open Division)
7. Lindsey Greenlund, 17:33.53 (PR)
11. Sophie Schmitz, 17:39.14 (PR)
15. Sarah Werking, 17:43.59 (PR)
17. Bit Klecker, 17:48.39 (PR)
Blugold Invitational Recap
A group of Gophers also raced at the Blugold Invitational hosted by UW-Eau Claire on Friday. The Maroon & Gold finished second in the team standings with 61 points, runner-up to the host Blugolds with 49 points. Elena Hayday paced the Gophers in fifth place overall, clocking a career-best 6K time of 22:23.12.
Gopher Results - Blugold Invitational 6K
5. Elena Hayday, 22:23.12 - PR
7. Kelli Schmidt, 22:28.74
10. Libby Halbmaier, 22:35.74
12. Heidi Schmitz, 22:38.28 (UA) - PR
14. Megan Lundstrom, 22:41.78 (UA) - PR
15. Molly Roach, 22:42.37 - PR
20. Ananya Vegesna, 22:54.79 (UA) - PR
36. Kayla Baker, 23:26.00 - PR
39. Kelsey Sather, 23:29.75 - PR
54. Sam Baer, 23:51.53 - PR
81. Courtney West, 24:16.30
Up Next: Paul Short Run
The Gophers men are set to race at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh at Goodman Campus Cross Country Course in Bethlehem, Pa., this Saturday. The open men's 8K race kicks off the day at 8:30 a.m. CT. A full day of racing also includes the Men's College Gold 8k Race (10 a.m. CT), Men's College Brown 8k Race (11:15 a.m. CT), and Men's College White 8k Race (12:45 p.m. CT).
After a week off from racing next week, the Gophers women are back in action at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on Friday, Oct. 18 and the Tori Neubauer Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 19.
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Led by Anastasia Korzenowski's 24th-place individual showing in a career-best 16:49.72 for 5K, the Gophers scored 265 points. Minnesota's top five runners all came in among the top 72 overall in a field of 168 finishers. Jaycie Thomsen, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Zetta Mason, and Olivia Hummel rounded out the top five for the Maroon & Gold.
Utah took home top team honors in the Blue Division race with a team score of 110, followed by runner-up Colorado with 116 points and Florida State in third (129 points).
Quotable
"I thought we ran great," head coach Sarah Hopkins said. "When we came in, I thought a top-15 day would be really solid and a top-10 day was kind of the gold standard. To be ninth in this type of field -- it's still early for lots of teams and it was the first big race for a lot of teams, so you don't really know what the rankings mean at this point, but to beat a lot of teams that traditionally have been national caliber teams and are good on paper -- I think that's a really good sign of where we're at. We have had two really good races back-to-back here, and I think we took another step forward from Griak today. We were really competitive up and down the line. They did exactly what I asked them to do and battled the whole way, and we came away with a pretty good result."
Notable
All 12 of Minnesota's finishers at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational clocked cross country career-best 5K times.
Gopher Results - Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite 5K (Blue Division)
24. Anastasia Korzenowski, 16:49.72 (PR)
46. Jaycie Thomsen, 17:04.07 (PR)
52. Abby Kohut-Jackson, 17:07.88 (PR)
71. Zetta Mason, 17:21.23 (PR)
72. Olivia Hummel, 17:22.17 (PR)
81. Tate Sweeney, 17:25.12 (PR)
83. Carissa Dock, 17:25.70 (PR)
117. Maria Eastman, 17:43.80 (PR)
Gopher Results - Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite 5K (Open Division)
7. Lindsey Greenlund, 17:33.53 (PR)
11. Sophie Schmitz, 17:39.14 (PR)
15. Sarah Werking, 17:43.59 (PR)
17. Bit Klecker, 17:48.39 (PR)
Blugold Invitational Recap
A group of Gophers also raced at the Blugold Invitational hosted by UW-Eau Claire on Friday. The Maroon & Gold finished second in the team standings with 61 points, runner-up to the host Blugolds with 49 points. Elena Hayday paced the Gophers in fifth place overall, clocking a career-best 6K time of 22:23.12.
Gopher Results - Blugold Invitational 6K
5. Elena Hayday, 22:23.12 - PR
7. Kelli Schmidt, 22:28.74
10. Libby Halbmaier, 22:35.74
12. Heidi Schmitz, 22:38.28 (UA) - PR
14. Megan Lundstrom, 22:41.78 (UA) - PR
15. Molly Roach, 22:42.37 - PR
20. Ananya Vegesna, 22:54.79 (UA) - PR
36. Kayla Baker, 23:26.00 - PR
39. Kelsey Sather, 23:29.75 - PR
54. Sam Baer, 23:51.53 - PR
81. Courtney West, 24:16.30
Up Next: Paul Short Run
The Gophers men are set to race at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh at Goodman Campus Cross Country Course in Bethlehem, Pa., this Saturday. The open men's 8K race kicks off the day at 8:30 a.m. CT. A full day of racing also includes the Men's College Gold 8k Race (10 a.m. CT), Men's College Brown 8k Race (11:15 a.m. CT), and Men's College White 8k Race (12:45 p.m. CT).
After a week off from racing next week, the Gophers women are back in action at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on Friday, Oct. 18 and the Tori Neubauer Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 19.
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