Thursday, October 25
New Orleans, La.
8:00 AM
SMU
vs
American Athletic Conference
Mustangs Prepare For Conference Championship From New Orleans
Oct 24 | Cross Country
SMU NOTES | 2018 MEET BY MEET RESULTS | RECORD BOOK
CONFERENCE PROGRAM (HISTORY, RESULTS, MAP)
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NEW ORLEANS (SMU) - SMU travels to the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship from Audubon Park where junior Hannah Miller will look to defend her 2017 title. Â
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-- The Mustangs are set to make their sixth appearance at the AAC Championship, with two team titles coming in 2013 and 2016. The Mustangs have never finished lower than third in the event. Hannah Miller comes into the event with the most decorated resume in the conference and looking to defend the title she won in 2017. The race is set for a 6K from Audubon Park near the campus of Tulane with a race time of 8:00 a.m.
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-- With two wins on the season and a third-place finish at the Greater Louisville Classics, the Mustangs come into the American Championship with a third-place ranking in the USTFCCCA South Central Rankings behind Texas and Arkansas. In the national rankings, the Mustangs entered the top 30 for one week this season after their performance at the Ken Garland Invite. Â
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-- Senior Svenja Ojstersek followed right behind Miller in the first two races in second place and registered an 11th-place finish in Kentucky. Ojstersek recorded her third top-10 with a seventh-place finish at the Arturo Barrios Invitational. Anneke Grogan has two top-5s to her name this season and Charlotte-Tara Murphy has finished in the top quarter in all three races.
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-- FOLLOW THE RACE –The American Digital Network will provide the coverage of the championships and the awards ceremony, which can be viewed on any computer, tablet or mobile device. This stream, as well as all championship information and results, can be found at www.TheAmerican.org/XC.
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-- Hannah Miller has four of the five Cross Country Athlete of the Weeks that the AAC has given out in 2018. Winny Koskei of Wichita State is the only athlete to win the award other than Miller, taking home the honor in the one week that Miller didn't get a chance to compete. Miller's four awards are tied for second most in conference history behind Anne-Marie Blaney of UCF who was Athlete of the Week nine times.
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-- With a 1st-place finish in New Orleans, the Mustangs can win their third event of the season for the third time in program history, the last coming in 2004.
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-- Along with Miller's 2017 title, four other Mustangs have taken home top honors at the conference championships across four different conferences. Katie Swords won a pair of Southwest Conference titles in 1994 and 1995 while Silje Fjortoft won two Conference USA crowns in 2008 in 2011. Rachael Forish (2006-CUSA) and Karin van Rooyen (2002-WAC) have one conference championship.
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-- Former Mustang Holly Archer (2013-2016) is the only AAC athlete to record four All-Conference finishes in their career.
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2017 AAC Champ Recap – Led by Hannah Miller's individual title, the SMU cross country team earned runner-up honors at the American Athletic Conference Championship Saturday at Belmont Plateau. The Mustangs put together a score of 63, placing four of their scorers in the top-20 and three in the top-15 to earn All-Conference honors. Connecticut won the meet scoring 34 points, while Temple placed third with a score of 92. Tess Misgen and Marlene Gomez-Islinger also earned All-Conference honors for the Mustangs placing eighth (21:57.5) and 10th (22:00.0), respectively.
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UP NEXT
SMU will travel back to College Station for the NCAA South Central Regional Championship. The race is set for the Dale Watts Cross Country Course and will be a 6K with the women's race slated for 9:15 a.m.
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM (HISTORY, RESULTS, MAP)
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NEW ORLEANS (SMU) - SMU travels to the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship from Audubon Park where junior Hannah Miller will look to defend her 2017 title. Â
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-- The Mustangs are set to make their sixth appearance at the AAC Championship, with two team titles coming in 2013 and 2016. The Mustangs have never finished lower than third in the event. Hannah Miller comes into the event with the most decorated resume in the conference and looking to defend the title she won in 2017. The race is set for a 6K from Audubon Park near the campus of Tulane with a race time of 8:00 a.m.
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-- With two wins on the season and a third-place finish at the Greater Louisville Classics, the Mustangs come into the American Championship with a third-place ranking in the USTFCCCA South Central Rankings behind Texas and Arkansas. In the national rankings, the Mustangs entered the top 30 for one week this season after their performance at the Ken Garland Invite. Â
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-- Senior Svenja Ojstersek followed right behind Miller in the first two races in second place and registered an 11th-place finish in Kentucky. Ojstersek recorded her third top-10 with a seventh-place finish at the Arturo Barrios Invitational. Anneke Grogan has two top-5s to her name this season and Charlotte-Tara Murphy has finished in the top quarter in all three races.
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-- FOLLOW THE RACE –The American Digital Network will provide the coverage of the championships and the awards ceremony, which can be viewed on any computer, tablet or mobile device. This stream, as well as all championship information and results, can be found at www.TheAmerican.org/XC.
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-- Hannah Miller has four of the five Cross Country Athlete of the Weeks that the AAC has given out in 2018. Winny Koskei of Wichita State is the only athlete to win the award other than Miller, taking home the honor in the one week that Miller didn't get a chance to compete. Miller's four awards are tied for second most in conference history behind Anne-Marie Blaney of UCF who was Athlete of the Week nine times.
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-- With a 1st-place finish in New Orleans, the Mustangs can win their third event of the season for the third time in program history, the last coming in 2004.
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-- Along with Miller's 2017 title, four other Mustangs have taken home top honors at the conference championships across four different conferences. Katie Swords won a pair of Southwest Conference titles in 1994 and 1995 while Silje Fjortoft won two Conference USA crowns in 2008 in 2011. Rachael Forish (2006-CUSA) and Karin van Rooyen (2002-WAC) have one conference championship.
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-- Former Mustang Holly Archer (2013-2016) is the only AAC athlete to record four All-Conference finishes in their career.
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2017 AAC Champ Recap – Led by Hannah Miller's individual title, the SMU cross country team earned runner-up honors at the American Athletic Conference Championship Saturday at Belmont Plateau. The Mustangs put together a score of 63, placing four of their scorers in the top-20 and three in the top-15 to earn All-Conference honors. Connecticut won the meet scoring 34 points, while Temple placed third with a score of 92. Tess Misgen and Marlene Gomez-Islinger also earned All-Conference honors for the Mustangs placing eighth (21:57.5) and 10th (22:00.0), respectively.
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UP NEXT
SMU will travel back to College Station for the NCAA South Central Regional Championship. The race is set for the Dale Watts Cross Country Course and will be a 6K with the women's race slated for 9:15 a.m.
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