Alabama Cross-Country's Mercy Chelangat Wins NCAA Individual Title
Chelangat finished first in the women's 6,000-meter race with a time of 20.01.1
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Chelangat finished first in the women's 6,000-meter race with a time of 20.01.1
Alabama cross-country junior Mercy Chelangat took home the individual title in the women's 6,000-meter race at the NCAA Cross-Country Championships on Monday in Stillwater, Okla.
Chelangat finished the race with a time of 20:01.1. The title is the first individual title in Crimson Tide program history.
Alabama's Amaris Tyynismaa finished third in the race with a time of 20.10.2 behind Oklahoma State's Taylor Roe (20.06.7). Despite winning both the individual gold and bronze in the race, the Crimson Tide finished eighth overall in the event.