COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Cross Country continued the 2021 regular season on Friday, competing in and hosting the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Mo. With Mizzou against Texas A&M, Iowa, and Wichita State, among other nationwide competitors, the women’s team finished in second place with 67 points, and the men fourth with 113. Freshman William Sinclair (Tauwhare, New Zealand) led the men finishing second in the 8k. For the women, senior Sarah Chapman (Maidenhead, England), and sophomore Isabelle Christiansen (Oswego, Ill.) both secured top-10 spots in the 6k race.
NOTABLE TIGERS
Freshman William Sinclair (Tauwhare, New Zealand) led the Mizzou men’s team in the Men’s 8k race by finishing second overall and logging a time of 23:52.9, beating his 8k personal best and his 4th place Gans Creek finish time last year (24:13.7). Junior Marquette Wilhite (Warrensburg, Mo.) also finished in the top-10 with a strong 7th place finish time of 24:12.5.
On the women’s side, Senior Sarah Chapman (Maidenhead, England) finished in 2nd place with a 21:02.7 finish, marking her second consecutive top three finish in this race, after placing 1st in 2020. This also marks Sarah’s second top 10 finish this season after placing 7th at the Commodore Classic. Sophomore Isabelle Christiansen (Oswego, Ill.), after finishing 15th in Nashville, finished the Gans Creek Classic placing 2nd for Mizzou and 8th out of 153 runners, setting a new personal best with a strong finish time of 21:18.7.
QUOTES
Mizzou Head Coach Marc Burns… “We had some very exciting things happen today but we don’t like to get beat on our home course. It was great to see Will and Sarah rolling up front. Our fifth runners ran well today but we need to find a way to close the gap between our 4th and 5th on both sides. We will take the positives away and refocus our efforts in training to prepare for Wisconsin in two weeks. We will need to be ready for a fast early pace and then keep things rolling all the way to the finish line.”
UP NEXT
Following the Gans Creek Classic, Mizzou will visit the University of Wisconsin- Madison to compete in the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday, Oct. 15 for the fourth and final meet of the regular season.
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MEN’S 8K RESULTS –
2. William Sinclair, 23:36.5 // 7. Marquette Wilhite, 24:12.5 // 18. Martin Prodanov, 24:31.0 // 35. Mitchell Small, 25:51.4 // 55. Jack Warner, 25:09.4 // 63. Blake Morris, 25:16.3 // 65. Jacob Nicholson, 25:18.6. // 67. Royce Fisher, 25:20.3 // 86. Luke Winkler, 25:39.2 // 91. Jonathan Schmidt, 25:41.4 // 100. Angus Beer, 25:48.6 // 124. Quentin Worley, 26:19.2
WOMEN’S 6K RESULTS –
2. Sarah Chapman 21:02.7 // 8. Isabelle Christiansen, 21:18.7 // 10. Mikayla Reed, 21:24.1// 17. Jenna Schwartz, 21:31.1// 31. McKenna Revord, 21:54.1// 34. Ginger Murnieks, 22:02.1// 54. Allison Newman, 22:36.2 // 86. Reilly Revord, 23:09.9 // 88. Abby Hake, 23:13.0 // 114. Andi Bowman, 23:53.9
TEAM RESULTS –
Men’s results can be found here.
Women’s results can be found here.
