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STILLWATER, Okla. – The Washington State women s cross country program saw Erin Mullins run at the NCAA Cross Country Championship Monday morning, from Stillwater, Okla., hosted by Oklahoma State University.
Mullins ran a tough race against 256 of the best runners in the country, placing 123rd overall with a time of 21:41.5 during the morning race. Erin led Washington State throughout the spring at numerous races, earning a fourth place finish at the Idaho Orchards Invitational, and placing 36th overall at the Battle Born Collegiate Challenge.
Erin secured her spot in the NCAA Cross Country Championships by finishing 13th overall with a time of 19:56.90 at the Pac-12 Championships. She also earned a Second Team All-Pac-12 selection with her impressive effort that day. The last WSU women s runner to earn All-Pac-12 honors was NCAA All-American
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Washington is the host for this year s conference meet, The women will race first, kicking off the event with a 6-kilometer run at 12:10 p.m. MT. The men s 8k run will follow at 1:10 p.m. MT. Both races will be followed by a short awards ceremony.
For the fourth straight season, Pac-12 Network will broadcast the championships live. Jim Watson will serve as the play-by-play announcer and Tom Feuer will provide the color.
The Buffs have done well at the conference championship meet in the past and look to continue that tradition. The men enter as the defending champion, but only two runners who scored on that team in 2019 are racing on Friday, so it s a very different team this season.
WSU WOMEN
The Washington State women s program, currently ranked 12th in the west region, totaled 256 points in this event, placing ninth overall as a team.
WSU was led on the day once again by freshman
Neema Kimtai who posted a 26th place finish overall with a time of 20:30.1. Kimtai was followed by teammate Erin Mullins in 36th place overall, recording a time of 20:44.8 at the Craig Ranch Regional Park. Zorana Grujic and Jelena Grujic were next across the finish line for Washington State, as Zorana recorded a time of 21:25.0 (68th) and Jelena finished just behind her sister at 21:31.0.
Rounding out the remainder of the field for Washington State was Caroline Jerotich with a time of 21:41.9 (79th), Alaina Stone Boggs at 21:42.3 (80th), Pia Richards at 22:29.4 (94th), Samantha Boyle clocking a time of 22:50.6 (98th), and finally Kerstin Ly at 22:55.9 (99th) on the day at Texas Tech.