Results
This morning, the Mustangs took on some of the best teams in the country at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational. Graduate transfer Alanis Robineau Fauvey led SMU in the race running a time of 17:23.7 -- good enough for 83rd in the large field of athletes.
"Today, we got a taste of the best competition in the nation," Head Coach A'Havahla Haynes said. "This course is tactically challenging with turns and narrowing spaces. We were not effective with our positioning as a team early and paid the price in the overall result."
The Mustangs placed 19th overall, however, there were smaller victories achieved in Indiana.
"We had some very positive performances from Alanis, Maddie, Kaitlyn and Macey," Haynes said.
Maddie Hulcy went into this race hoping to obtain a new PR in the 5k and was able to accomplish that with her time of 17:29.7.
"Today we raced some of the best teams in the country, so it was unlike any other competition I've had in college," Hulcy said. "Although it wasn't the team result we wanted, I think the experience was really valuable and everyone has something they can learn and apply to the rest of the season."
Hulcy placed 91st shortly followed by Katilyn Gearin in 97th with a time of 17:34.2. Freshman Macey Hilton ran a time of 17:52.5 for 122nd.
The Mustangs will be back in action at Texas A&M on October 15th for one last meet before the AAC Championships.
"We still have big goals for conference and regionals, and this race doesn't change that at all," Hulcy said.
FULL MUSTANG RESULTS
83 Alanis Robineau Fauvey 17:23.7
91 Maddie Hulcy 17:29.7
97 Kaitlyn Gearin 17:34.2
122 Macey Hilton 17:52.5
154 Jessie Crowley 18:16.8
162 Leoni Mierswa 18:32.7
164 Kendall Saeger 19:01.1
166 Nikoleta Rafailaki 19:06.6
168 Lior Kremer 19:58.1
TEAM RESULTS
1 NC State 55
2 New Mexico 68
3 Alabama 70
4 Notre Dame 144
5 Florida State 176
6 Liberty 188
7 Toledo 212
8 Oregon State 257
9 Boise State 258
10 Bradley 280
11 San Francisco 293
12 Penn State 302
13 Vanderbilt 362
14 Butler 379
15 Charlotte 381
16 Southern Utah 411
17 Purdue 425
18 Navy 431
19 SMU 519
20 UC Santa Barbara 533
