Gamecocks Run at SEC Championships

Oct. 28, 2016

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On an unseasonably warm morning at the University of Arkansas’s Agri Park, South Carolina finished 13th in the 2016 SEC Cross Country Championships.

Senior Mary Reiser (61st) led the way as she has all year, clocking a 22.09.9 on the tough 6K home course of the Razorbacks. Freshman Anna Kathryn Stoddard, competing in her first 6K, ranked 90th with a time of 22:46.0. Sophomore Allison Mueller (100th, 23:03.6) and junior Kaylee Wessel (106th, 23:08.8) were next to cross for the Gamecocks, with junior Monica York (115th, 23:31.4) rounding out the scoring.

Redshirt freshman Colleen Openshaw (120th, 23:41.6) and freshman Emily Crounse (124th, 23:46.4) both had fair showings in their first SEC Championship.

Missouri’s Karissa Schweizer won the event, finishing in 20:10.6, while Arkansas took the team title by 30 points over Mississippi, 46-76.

South Carolina runs in two weeks at the NCAA Southeast Regional, hosted by the University of Virginia on Nov. 11.