The No. 1 New Mexico women’s cross country team lived up to the team’s ranking after finishing in first place in South Bend, Indiana.
All five women scorers finished among the top-15 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational as the team finished with a remarkable score of just 29. The men, ranked 17th in the nation, also put forth a solid outing at the meet finishing in ninth place among the 20 teams competing at the invite. It is the eighth straight time both the man and the women placed in the top-10 at Notre Dame.
Courtney Frerichs set the pace for the women’s team with a 16-minute, 27-second performance in the 5-kilometer race, good enough for second place. The nearest team to UNM’s 29 points was No. 14 NC State which put together a 74 points, to finish second.
For the men, it was Elmar Engholm who set the pace for the Lobos in the five mile with an 18th place finish of 24:09.1. Graham Thomas was the only other finisher in the top-25 with a 22nd place finish and a time of 24:14.3.
Despite not a single finisher in the top-10, the Lobos still managed a score of 230. UTEP finished atop the leaderboard for the men with a score of 89.
Liam Cary-Eaves is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at assistantsports@dailylobo.com or on twitter @Liam_CE.
