NASHVILLE - Freshman Miranda Weed finished 58th to lead
Austin Peay State University's women's cross country team to a ninth-place
finish at the Belmont-Vanderbilt Cross Country Opener, Friday, at Percy Warner
Park.
The Lady Govs scored 268 points to finish ninth. Co-host
Vanderbilt scored 27 points to win the event. The Lady Govs finished in front
of Ohio Valley Conference rival UT Martin which finished in 10th place.
Weed, in her first collegiate event, led the Lady Govs by
finishing the four-kilometer course in 15:53.76 to finish 58th. Freshman Xiamar
Richards was 66th (16:02.47). Junior Janelle Avery, one of two returnees from
last season's team, was 79th after finishing the course in 16:22.88. Also
competing for the Lady Govs were freshman Kendra Kirksey (86th, 16:41.07), sophomore
Alyssa Molnar (106th, 18:29.95), freshman Kayla Satterly (108th, 18:34.78) and
freshman Shannon Christian (113th, 20:42.94).
"The women ran an impressive race, but it was an
incredibly tough field," said Lady Govs head coach Doug Molnar. "We looked at
the top four-kilometer times in our program's history and each of our top four
ran a time that was in the top-20 all-time. Miranda's time was the third-best
in program history. It was a great way to start the season."
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