Temple University Athletics
Saturday, October 28
Belmont Plateau
10:50 a.m.
Temple University
vs
AAC Championships
Photo by: Mitchell Leff
Women's Cross Country Places Third at American Cross Country Championships
10.28.17 | Women's Cross Country
PHILADELPHIA - Temple women's cross country showed strong improvement over the last year with a third-place team finish at the 2017 American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships. Junior Katie Leisher secured a top-10 finish in the 6K.
Keys to the Race
> Leisher was Temple's top-finisher, earning seventh place with a time of 21:56.7.Â
> Next for the Owls was freshman Lucy Jones. Jones took 13th overall (22:04.4)
> Sophomore Millie Howard was Temple's third runner to cross the finish line with a time of 22:23.9 (21st).
> Senior Katie Pinson rounded out the squad's top four in 22nd place (22:25.8).
Race Notes
> Leisher and Jones both earned All-Conference honors for their top-15 finishes. Jones was the first freshman to earn All-Conference honors since the program began competing in the American.
>Â The squad's third-place finish was its highest-ever finish in the conference.
> 2017 marks the first time the American Athletic Conference Championships were hosted at Belmont Plateau.
Quotable
> "The women held it together across the board to leave it all out on the course. Our top runner throughout the season collapsed before the race completed and the team rallied together and kept going. Last year we placed eighth and my first year with the program we finished last, so I am extremely proud of our improvement and the way the team composed themselves today. We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go and I am excited to see what we can do moving forward." - Head coach James Snyder.
Up Next
> Women's cross country will next compete at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet hosted at Lehigh on Friday, Nov. 10.
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Keys to the Race
> Leisher was Temple's top-finisher, earning seventh place with a time of 21:56.7.Â
> Next for the Owls was freshman Lucy Jones. Jones took 13th overall (22:04.4)
> Sophomore Millie Howard was Temple's third runner to cross the finish line with a time of 22:23.9 (21st).
> Senior Katie Pinson rounded out the squad's top four in 22nd place (22:25.8).
Race Notes
> Leisher and Jones both earned All-Conference honors for their top-15 finishes. Jones was the first freshman to earn All-Conference honors since the program began competing in the American.
>Â The squad's third-place finish was its highest-ever finish in the conference.
> 2017 marks the first time the American Athletic Conference Championships were hosted at Belmont Plateau.
Quotable
> "The women held it together across the board to leave it all out on the course. Our top runner throughout the season collapsed before the race completed and the team rallied together and kept going. Last year we placed eighth and my first year with the program we finished last, so I am extremely proud of our improvement and the way the team composed themselves today. We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go and I am excited to see what we can do moving forward." - Head coach James Snyder.
Up Next
> Women's cross country will next compete at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet hosted at Lehigh on Friday, Nov. 10.
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