Cross Country Ships Up North for Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup on Friday
STORRS, Conn.- Looking to follow up an impressive performance at the Paul Short Run last weekend, UConn Cross Country heads up north to Hopkinton, New Hampshire, as the Huskies race in the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup hosted by Franklin Pierce University on Friday, October 11th.
UConn is fresh off an excellent program-wide performance, as they took second place as a team in the 6K race on Saturday, placing three runners in the top nine. The Huskies were led by USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week Chloe Thomas, who also took home her second BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week award. Thomas took first place by over thirty seconds, setting her second consecutive course record in the process with a 6K time of 19:23.8. Jenna Zyndanowicz and Caroline Towle ran strong races as well to boost the Huskies to their second place finish. Towle, Chloe Trudel, and Loghan Hughes all set PRs last weekend.
Quote from Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Beth Sullivan:
We are excited to be heading to New Hampshire to preview the NCAA Northeast Regional Course, and to race a small group of competitive women. We look forward to the competition and the preparation for championship time in November.
The teams that are racing on Friday can be found below, with live results also being posted on lancertiming.com.
https://www.lancertiming.com/franklinpierce/Kirsh_Women_Entries.pdf
The women's 6K race will start at 12pm. Follow along with UConn Cross Country and Track & Field on X, Instagram, and Facebook at uconntfxc.
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