NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV cross country team finished ninth overall at the Spring 2021 Mountain West Championships, which were held at Craig Ranch Regional Park Friday.
The Rebels, who recorded a team score of 295 and a total time of 2:03.21, had all five of its scoring runners finish the 6K in order (79th-83rd) and within 42.4 seconds of each other. UNLV's top three finishers crossed the line separated by merely 3.3 seconds, as
Rebecca Green took 79th in 24:24.4, while
Rebecca Fisher was 80th in 24:26.5 and MacKenzie Moss was 81st in 24:27.7.
Lexy Osterkamp (82nd/24:45.4) and
Ellen Wise (83rd/25:16.8 PB) also scored points for the Scarlet & Gray.
Sarrah Springer (84th/25:59.0),
Isabella Schrader (85th/26:25.8 PB) and
Kaitlynn Menger (86th/26:50.1) also represented UNLV at the Conference meet.
TEAM RESULTS: New Mexico claimed its 13th straight MW title behind a total team score of 29 points and a time of 1:41.14. Boise State (52nd/1:42.31) and Colorado State (84/1:43.52) were second and third, respectively. Rounding out the final standings, in order, were Utah State (fourth/104/1:44.45), Air Force (fifth/155/1:47.23), Wyoming (sixth/172/1:48.04), UNR (seventh/174/1:48.45), San Diego State (eighth/229/1:51.55) and UNLV (ninth/295/2:03.21).
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: Air Force's Mahela Norris claimed the women's individual title in a time of 19:57.7, while New Mexico's Adva Cohen was second (20:02.3) and Boise State's Tyler Beling was third (20:09.2).
QUOTEABLE: "Today didn't play out to the level of fitness these Rebels are at, not at the competitiveness they could have had against the field today, and for that, many were frustrated. They are eager to translate the hard work they've been doing into their outdoor track season, and that they have more opportunities upcoming to practice showing up the way both they and I know they can. I'm proud of the adversities they've battled through during the pandemic and the resiliency they've shown through those changes, and believe in each athlete on this squad very much. There's so much more in this distance squad than today's marks show, and I now I need to step up to the plate stronger to extract that out of them on meet day." – UNLV cross country coach
Angelina Ramos
SILVER STATE SERIES: By virtue of its higher finish at the MW Championships, UNR claimed the three points associated with the sport in the 2020-21 Silver State Series presented by IBEW Local 401 and Nevada Donor Network. To date, the Wolf Pack leads the all-encompassing athletic and academic competition by six points, 9.0-3.0, with four sports – football, women's swimming & diving, men's basketball and cross country – completed.
