Mustangs Place 7th At Conference Championship

Saturday, February 6

Augusta, Kansas

9 a.m.

SMU

American Athletic Conference Championship

Mustangs Place 7th At Conference Championship

Feb 6 | Cross Country

BOX SCORE

AUGUSTA, Kan. (SMU) – SMU cross country placed seventh at the American Athletic Conference Championships. The Mustangs improved two spots over their 2019 performance during the cold conditions at 4 Mile Resort Course.

Featuring a seven-runner roster including three making their Mustang debut, SMU placed two inside the top 25 during their 7^th-place finish.. Freshman, Leoni Meirswa led the Mustangs with a 22^st-place showing (22:23.43) followed not too far behind by Maddie Hulcy (22:26.28) who placed in 24th. Hulcy improved by 20 spots over her freshman year showing.

Junior Tess Misgen (22:39.19) finished in 31^st, improving four spots over her 2019 performance. First-year Mustang, Mia Olsen (22:59.38) came in 43^rd in just under 23 minutes.

Making her Mustang debut, Jessie Crowley placed in 53^rd (23:32.47). Junior Olivia Lackner placed in 62^nd (23:51.62) while Lior Kremer (24:12.35) finished in 69^th.

The Mustangs placed just 21 points behind a top-five performance and held a comfortable 56-point lead over eighth-place Houston.

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