Cross Country Closes Out Regular Season With Strong Showing At Penn State

Friday, October 15

University Park, PA

10:45 AM

Pitt

Penn State National Open

Cross Country Closes Out Regular Season With Strong Showing At Penn State

10/15/2021 2:09:00 PM | Cross Country

Men's 8K Results Women's 6K Results

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – The Pitt cross country squads wrapped up their regular season schedule on Friday afternoon as they competed in the Penn State National Open at the Penn State Golf Course in University Park, PA. Jack Miller led the men for the third straight race while freshman Emily Jobes posted the highest finish on the women's side.

"Miller really stepped up for us today as with the heat, no one wanted to take it out," stated cross country coach Brad Herbster. "Our guys were in the lead and half way through, Cornell and Penn State made a charge to pull away late. The guys ran patient but we need to continue to work on being tough in the last kilometer. On the women's side, Jobes was a tough competitor for us today."

Behind Miller's strong second place finish, the Pitt men posted a third place team finish with 71 points while Cornell earned the team title with a score of 34 points and Penn State came in second, one point ahead of Pitt, with a score of 70 points.

The Pitt women took home 10^th place in the field of 16 squads on Friday as they posted a team total of 286 points. Michigan was able to claim the team title followed by Georgia Tech and Northwestern while the Panthers finished right behind Syracuse who took ninth place (270 points).

Miller continued his impressive season for the Panthers on Friday as he was narrowly beat out at the line by the Penn State runner as he earned second place in the 8K race. The redshirt sophomore ran a strong race throughout as he crossed the finish line in 25:27.5, just .6 seconds behind the winner Evan Dorenkamp.

Luke Henseler ran another strong race for Pitt as he posted an 11^th place finish in 25:59.80 while Evan Addison finished right behind in 12^th place in 25:59.90. Josh Higgins was the next finisher for the Panthers as he collected a 17^th place finish while Ethan Maher finished off one of his best races of the season in 30^th place in 26:30.80. Three other Panthers posted top-50 finishes as Tyler Rollins took 37^th place, Sam Otis finished in 38^th place and freshman Quintin Gatons notched a 45^th place finish.

For the first time in her collegiate career, freshman Emily Jobes was the highest finisher for Pitt as she posted a 34th place finish with a new personal record 6K time of 22:10.80. Fellow freshman Caroline Rusinski finished second on the squad in 63rd place with a personal record time of 22:39.40 while Emily Brown and Sadie Carey-Tharp posted 65th and 66th place finishes, respectively. Freshman Sarah Hurst was the final scoring runner for Pitt as she took 83rd place with a personal record time of 22:57.80. Mary Borkoski and Olivia Zambrio each posted top-100 finishes, taking 93rd and 99th places, respectively.

The Panthers will now prepare for the 2021 ACC Cross Country Championships at Notre Dame on Friday, October 29.

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