Spartanburg – Women's Cross Country finished fifth on Saturday at the annual Converse Kickoff race, clocking in with a total time of 2:06:46.
Avery Shope had one of the best program's best ever races on Saturday. Shoppe clocked in with a time of 24:38 which is the seventh best 6K showing in NGU XC history for women. She finished 24
th overall to pace North Greenville.
Juliana Gonzalez was the next best finisher for the Crusaders with a time of 24:45, finishing in 27
th.
Rebekah Haddad crossed the line in 25:34 while
Zoie Justice finished in 25:52. Haddad claimed 38
th while Justice was the 46
th place finisher.
Paris Alsup finished in 48
th with a time of 25:55.
Riley Nicholson and
Brianna Miller finished in 52
nd and 57
thwith times of 26:01 and 26:30.
From Coach Stober
"Today was a good opportunity to preview the course that we will be running later this season for our conference championship. It was good to compete against some good teams not only within our conference, but also our region. Our team went into this race with a couple of harder weeks of training on their legs. We had a race plan to tempo the first mile and then move up from there. Most everyone executed that plan very well. I was pleased with how we ran today, but there is always room for improvement. I feel like our women ran particularly well considering it was their first 6K of the season. (Most of our women's team are freshmen, and I thought they ran their first ever 6K really well.) I look forward to next week when we will have to opportunity to go into the race a little fresher and run a faster course. I think next Friday will be a big indication as to where we are at as a team. There's no doubt that our team has trained hard all summer and all season up to this point. We know we are fit. Now it's time to put it together during a race. Hopefully we will have good conditions next Friday to get a clear idea of where we are really at."
Next Up
North Greenville is heading to Charlotte for the Queen City Invite on September 23
rd.
