SMU Opens XC Season With Runner-Up Finish

Aug. 29, 2008

WACO (SMU) - The SMU cross country team opened the season with a second-place finish at the Baylor Twilight Invitational on Friday night at the Baylor Intramural Fields. Running without 2007 Regional Runner of the Year Silje Fjortoft, SMU still managed two top-10 finishers - Samantha Means (9th/14:30.37) and Rachael Forish (10th/14:31.05).

The host Bears claimed the top six spots to finish first with 15 team points, while SMU finished second with 57 points. TCU took third with 85 points.

Other SMU finishers were:

12. Sierra Anderson  14:36.9716. Claire Hardwick 14:45.8427. Ilyssa Pettigrew  15:30.8733. Kathleen Hoogland 15:44.2538. Celeste Sullivan 15:57.9959. Aasha Marietta  16:50.05

SMU runs again on Sept. 13th at the Aggie Invitational in College Station.

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SMU Opens XC Season With Runner-Up Finish

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Sierra Anderson

Silje Fjortoft

Rachael Forish

Claire Hardwick

Kathleen Hoogland

Aasha Marietta

Samantha Means

Ilyssa Pettigrew

Celeste Sullivan

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