Freshmen impress as St. Edward’s finishes sixth at Texas State Invitational
SAN MARCOS, Texas - St. Edward's freshmen Allison Flood and Amanda Shook finished 25th and 27th respectively to lead the Hilltoppers to a sixth place finish Saturday morning at the Texas State Invitational.
Flood finished with a time 20:07, while Shook ended with a time of 20:18.
"Allison and Amanda are really working hard and have been a nice addition to this year's team," St. Edward's head coach Tony Riehl said. "To lead our team the first two weeks as true freshman really says something about their ability."
St. Edward's (149) ended the day in sixth place. Texas (23) took home the title, followed by UT-San Antonio (43) in second place and Texas State (100) in third. Finishing just ahead of the Hilltoppers were St. Mary's (125) in fourth place and Texas Lutheran (136). St. Edward's defeated Southwestern (157) who finished seventh and UT-Permian Basin (196) in eighth place.
"Three of the five schools ahead of us were Division I and we were running one runner short, so I am very happy with the result" Riehl said. "There was some very good teams here today and we competed well."
Also competing for St. Edward's were sophomore Laura Abbott (22:01) who finished 42nd, senior Sarah Ortiz (22:24) who finished 48th, and senior Kevyn Oakes (24:19) who finished 57th.
St. Edward's will be back in action Sept. 13th when they travel to take part in the Texas A&M Invitational. The race will begin 8:30 a.m. in College Station, Texas.