The Janes traveled out to Riverside to run through the historic orange groves of the UC Riverside Ag Ops 5000 meter cross country course at the UC Riverside Invitational this morning. With 165 women toeing the line consisting of mostly college teams such as BYU, UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara, the race was a crowded one. Leading the way for the Janes was Sissel coming in 55th place with a time of 18:07. Adrienne (70th, 18:16), Jenna (77th, 18:23), Kimmy (86th, 18:31), Kirsten (92nd, 18:42) and Liz (174th, 19:48) followed up behind Sissel to grab the 11th overall team place with 368 points.
Jacky Kipwambok from Azusa Pacific won the race in a time of 16:29 and UC Riverside upset BYU for the team title with 89 points to BYU’s 98 points.
In the men’s race, Liz’s husband and the Jane’s cheering squad, Tom, running for the Bowerman Athletic Club, came in 300th place running the 8000 meter course in 30:04 in a loaded and crowded field. The BYU men scored an impressive 23 points winning the meet over a talented UC Riverside team who scored a decent 73 points.
For women’s results, click here. For the story on the meet on the UC Riverside cross country page and for the men’s results, click here.
