Season-Bests Highlight Big 12 Meet

Friday, October 26

Ames, Iowa

10 a.m.

TCU

Big 12 Championships

Season-Bests Highlight Big 12 Meet

10/26/2018 5:21:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Men's Results Women's Results

AMES, Iowa – TCU's men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Big 12 Championship meet on Friday. The women's team finished eighth overall and the men finished ninth.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
Six members of the women's team either ran a season or personal best during Friday's race. Evelyn Mandel was the top finisher for TCU, coming in 25^th with a season-best mark of 21:11.7. Kirsten Johnston improved her place in the standings throughout the race and finished 38^th with a season-best 21:39.1, less than one second off of her personal-best time. Lindsay Tomaini followed in 41^st with a personal-best mark of 21:40.9. Elizabeth Baker finished in 23:04.7, followed by Erin Barth in 23:16.1, and Isabella Aguiar in 23:30.3.

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
The men's side was led by freshmen Sean Byrne (25.35.8) and Lakelin Conrad (25:38.4), who finished in 38^th and 41^st respectively. Patrick LaCour and Henry Butz were the next Horned Frogs to cross the finish line, both of which finished with season-best times of 26:49.1 and 26:52.4 respectively.

COACH'S THOUGHTS
"I thought the women ran well," cross country coach Jennifer Fazioli said. "Certainly we were looking for the 6-7^th place range, even without Mariah, and to be 6 points out of 7th and 10 out of 6th is both encouraging and frustrating at the same time. But almost all of them raced exactly as I asked them to and I am proud of them. KJ and Lindsay especially raced very strong today. All steps in the right direction."

UP NEXT
The Horned Frogs will head back to College Station for the NCAA South Central Region meet, scheduled for Friday, November 9.