Women Finish Ninth at Conference USA Cross Country Championship

Saturday, November 2

Hattiesburg, Miss.

10:00 AM

University of Louisville

at Conference USA Championships

Women Finish Ninth at Conference USA Cross Country Championship

November 02, 2002 | Women's Cross Country

Nov. 2, 2002

Results

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The University of Louisville women's cross country team finished ninth at the Conference USA Championship Saturday morning in Hattiesburg, Miss. The event, hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi, was held on the Van Hook Golf Course.

Marquette finished with 29 points to win its third consecutive title. South Florida was second with 48 points, followed by DePaul (103), Houston (136) and TCU (166). Louisville had 206 points to place ninth.

DePaul's Erin Moffett led from start to finish to win the 6,000-meter race with a time of 20:54.68.

Freshman Emily Leeper led the Cardinals with a time of 23:25.46 to place 35th. Junior Emily Daunhauer finished 40th in 23:33.75, while sophomore Heather Griffith was 43rd in 23:40.52.

Rounding out the top five finishers for Louisville were junior Beth Wendt (47th) and sophomore Corryn McCrae (49th). All five Cardinal scorers were within 23 seconds of each other.

Conference USA Championship
Hattiesburg, Miss. - 6K

TEAM SCORES1   Marquette   292   South Florida   483   DePaul      1034   Houston     1365   T.C.U.      1666   Charlotte   1707   Cincinnati  1838   East Carolina   1949   Louisville  20610  Tulane      27911  Southern Miss   28412  St. Louis   28513  U.A.B.      34914  Memphis     386
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS1   Moffett, Erin       DePaul      20:54.682   Swan, Jessie        Marquette   21:06.933   Benton, Christa     South Florida   21:07.994   Barth, Susan        Marquette   21:25.625   Swan, Jackie        Marquette   21:39.186   Thompson, Alayne    T.C.U.      21:43.417   Jakubek, Jodi       Marquette   21:44.298   Fuller, Kristy      South Florida   21:49.899   Hellender, Jessica  South Florida   21:57.9410  Limo, Ruth          Cincinnati  22:02.16
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS35  Emily Leeper      23:25.4640  Emily Daunhauer    23:33.7543  Heather Griffith  23:40.5247  Beth Wendt          23:43.9949  Corryn McCrae    23:48.1767  Laine Hamman      24:29.9669  Crystal Duffala    24:37.0077  Ashley Ruberg    25:05.4694  Carrie Besser    27:05.05