Michigan
NCAA Championships
Wolverines Finish 22nd at NCAA Championships
11/19/2022 1:28:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
Site: Stillwater, Okla. (Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course)
Event: NCAA Championships
Distance: 6 Kilometers (3.73 Miles)
U-M Team Finish: 22nd of 31 teams (534 points)
Top U-M Individual: Ericka VanderLende, 76th (20:28.0)
Next U-M Event: Season Completed
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STILLWATER, Okla. -- The No. 19-ranked University of Michigan women's cross country team ran hard and together as a team and finished 22nd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday (Nov. 19) at the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course.
The Wolverines entered the race ranked 19th and finished 22nd on a tough course. From the 2K mark forward, the Wolverines were in 22nd or within one place but were unable to make up significant ground on the teams ahead of them to place higher.
Senior Ericka VanderLende finished in 76th place, taking the top spot for Michigan with a time of 20:28. She was in 115th after 2K and was able to make up ground over the next kilometer, passing 42 other runners. Over the course of the final 2K, she held her own finishing in the top 80.
The next Wolverine across the finish line was senior Sam Tran, who gained on the competition throughout the race -- her typical race strategy. After the first kilometer, Tran was in 141st place and gained 41 spots to finish 100th overall with a time of 20:37.3.
The third and fourth racers for the Maize and Blue both set new career best times. Senior Samantha Saenz finished 141st in 20:52, eclipsing by 2.5 seconds her previous best set at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational earlier this season. Graduate student Danielle Page broke the 21-minute mark for the first time (20:56.6), finishing 152nd overall.
The final counting finisher for the Wolverines was sophomore Samantha Hastie, who finished 179th (21:09.5) running in her first NCAA Cross Country Championship race.
At the two-kilometer checkpoint, the top 100 were separated by 10 seconds, with the gap widening to 36 seconds after 4K. At the finish line, the top 45 were separated by 1:10.
With the cross country season now complete, the Wolverine distance runners will join their sprint, jump and throw teammates in turning their attention toward the indoor track and field season that will begin in January. A full schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.
Full Michigan Results
76. Ericka VanderLende -- 20:28.0
100. Sam Tran -- 20:37.3
141. Samantha Saenz -- 20:52.0
152. Danielle Page -- 20:56.6
179. Samantha Hastie -- 21:09.5
192. Cassie Kearney -- 21:17.0
231. Kayla Windemuller -- 21:48.8
Team Results
1. No. 1 NC State -- 114 points
2. No. 2 New Mexico-- 140 points
3. No. 5 Alabama -- 166 points
4. No. 3 Oklahoma State -- 201 points
5. No. 13 North Carolina -- 242 points
6. No. 6 Northern Arizona -- 257 points
7. No. 4 Notre Dame -- 261 points
8. No. 10 BYU -- 263 points
9. No. 16 Virginia -- 268 points
10. No. 14 Georgetown -- 271 points
11. No. 11 Colorado -- 286 points
12. No. 7 Utah -- 307 points
13. No. 8 Stanford -- 371 points
14. No. 9 Oregon -- 390 points
15. No. 17 Ohio State -- 467 points
16. No. 18 Providence -- 468 points
17. No. 15 Washington -- 470 points
18. No. 26 Florida State -- 471 points
19. No. 23 Wisconsin -- 494 points
20. No. 20 Michigan State -- 497 points
21. No. 21 Arkansas -- 507 points
22. No. 19 Michigan -- 534 points
23. No. 28 Syracuse -- 544 points
24. No. 23 Oregon State -- 544 points
25. No. 12 Colorado State -- 548 points
26. No. 27 Utah Valley -- 548 points
27. No. 29 West Virginia -- 562 points
28. No. 25 Toledo -- 654 points
29. No. 22 California Baptist -- 659 points
30. No. 30 Northwestern -- 714 points
31. Texas -- 983 points
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