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Four Gophers Earn All-Region Honors
11/15/2019 12:30:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track & Field
Alec Basten and Anastasia Korzenowski led the Gophers with top-10 finishes at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
STILLWATER, Okla. -- The University of Minnesota women placed third and the Maroon & Gold men came in sixth as the Golden Gopher cross country program competed at the NCAA Midwest Regional at the OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Okla., on Friday morning.
Behind all-region performances from Anastasia Korzenowski (ninth), Abby Kohut-Jackson (13th), and Sarah Werking (24th), the Gopher women scored 130 points in the team race to secure a third-place finish. Illinois won the women's team title, followed by runner-up Tulsa, Minnesota in third, host Oklahoma State in fourth, and Missouri in fifth.
On the men's side, Alec Basten earned all-region honors and secured an individual automatic berth to next weekend's NCAA championships in Terre Haute, Ind. The redshirt junior, who picked up All-America honors last year in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, finished fourth overall with a time of 30:48.3 as the Maroon & Gold finished sixth in the team race with a total of 181 points.
Gopher Women's Results at Midwest Regional
9. Anastasia Korzenowski, 20:56.3
13. Abby Kohut-Jackson, 21:03.8
24. Sarah Werking, 21:19.6
41. Lindsey Greenlund, 21:45.1
43. Carissa Dock, 21:45.9
72. Olivia Hummel, 22:12.1
73. Jaycie Thomsen, 22:13.7
Gopher Men's Results at Midwest Regional
4. Alec Basten, 30:48.3
31. Jack Manderscheid, 31:41.0
35. Jordan MacIntosh, 31:47.0
48. Khalid Hussein, 32:01.6
64. Owen Hoeft, 32:17.9
67. Hunter Lucas, 32:22.8
98. Connor Olson, 32:50.2
Notable: Midwest Regional Debuts
Four of Minnesota's seven women made their NCAA Midwest Regional debuts in Werking, Greenlund, Dock, and Hummel while Korzenowski, Kohut-Jackson, and Thomsen all returned to the NCAA cross country postseason.Meanwhile, men's redshirt freshman Khalid Hussein scored for the Maroon & Gold in his trip to the NCAA Midwest Regional.
Quotable
"It's always hard to be third at this meet," women's head coach Sarah Hopkins said. "We thought we had a shot to go in and win it, and I thought we did some good things and had some tough moments. This course was no messing around. It's one of the harder courses we've ever run -- it would give our course a run for its money, which is saying something. That was challenging, and kind-of an equalizer. I was proud of the women for grinding away and keeping at it the whole race. We weren't as good as we could have been today, but we ran a solid race. I think we're in a good spot; we just have to keep our heads up here and hopefully we get a chance to race again next week."
NCAA Selection Show on Saturday
The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee will announce the automatic teams, at-large teams and individual men and women qualifiers to the 2019 DI cross country championships on Saturday, Nov. 16. The selection show begins at 4 p.m. CT on NCAA.com. The top two finishers in each regional automatically qualify for the national championships, equating to 18 immediate team qualifiers. The top-four individual finishers that are not a member of qualifying teams will enter the championships as individuals. Two additional individuals and 13 at-large teams will be selected by the committee to round out the 255 total participants.
Up Next: NCAA Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23 at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. The women's 6K race will begin at 10:15 a.m. CT with the men's 10K scheduled for 11:15 a.m. CT. Live coverage of the 2019 championships will be provided by FloTrack.
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Behind all-region performances from Anastasia Korzenowski (ninth), Abby Kohut-Jackson (13th), and Sarah Werking (24th), the Gopher women scored 130 points in the team race to secure a third-place finish. Illinois won the women's team title, followed by runner-up Tulsa, Minnesota in third, host Oklahoma State in fourth, and Missouri in fifth.
On the men's side, Alec Basten earned all-region honors and secured an individual automatic berth to next weekend's NCAA championships in Terre Haute, Ind. The redshirt junior, who picked up All-America honors last year in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, finished fourth overall with a time of 30:48.3 as the Maroon & Gold finished sixth in the team race with a total of 181 points.
Gopher Women's Results at Midwest Regional
9. Anastasia Korzenowski, 20:56.3
13. Abby Kohut-Jackson, 21:03.8
24. Sarah Werking, 21:19.6
41. Lindsey Greenlund, 21:45.1
43. Carissa Dock, 21:45.9
72. Olivia Hummel, 22:12.1
73. Jaycie Thomsen, 22:13.7
Gopher Men's Results at Midwest Regional
4. Alec Basten, 30:48.3
31. Jack Manderscheid, 31:41.0
35. Jordan MacIntosh, 31:47.0
48. Khalid Hussein, 32:01.6
64. Owen Hoeft, 32:17.9
67. Hunter Lucas, 32:22.8
98. Connor Olson, 32:50.2
Notable: Midwest Regional Debuts
Four of Minnesota's seven women made their NCAA Midwest Regional debuts in Werking, Greenlund, Dock, and Hummel while Korzenowski, Kohut-Jackson, and Thomsen all returned to the NCAA cross country postseason.Meanwhile, men's redshirt freshman Khalid Hussein scored for the Maroon & Gold in his trip to the NCAA Midwest Regional.
Quotable
"It's always hard to be third at this meet," women's head coach Sarah Hopkins said. "We thought we had a shot to go in and win it, and I thought we did some good things and had some tough moments. This course was no messing around. It's one of the harder courses we've ever run -- it would give our course a run for its money, which is saying something. That was challenging, and kind-of an equalizer. I was proud of the women for grinding away and keeping at it the whole race. We weren't as good as we could have been today, but we ran a solid race. I think we're in a good spot; we just have to keep our heads up here and hopefully we get a chance to race again next week."
NCAA Selection Show on Saturday
The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee will announce the automatic teams, at-large teams and individual men and women qualifiers to the 2019 DI cross country championships on Saturday, Nov. 16. The selection show begins at 4 p.m. CT on NCAA.com. The top two finishers in each regional automatically qualify for the national championships, equating to 18 immediate team qualifiers. The top-four individual finishers that are not a member of qualifying teams will enter the championships as individuals. Two additional individuals and 13 at-large teams will be selected by the committee to round out the 255 total participants.
Up Next: NCAA Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23 at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. The women's 6K race will begin at 10:15 a.m. CT with the men's 10K scheduled for 11:15 a.m. CT. Live coverage of the 2019 championships will be provided by FloTrack.
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