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Conference USA Championship
Blazers Take Sixth At C-USA Cross Country Championships
10/31/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 31, 2009
THE WOODLANDS, Texas - The UAB cross country team ran to a sixth-place finish Saturday at the 2009 Conference USA Championships hosted by Houston.
Sophomore Colleen Standridge was the top finisher for the Blazers, finishing 19th overall out of 90 runners with a time of 19:06.50. Standridge topped her previous personal-best 5K time of 19:15.40 set at last year's Walt Disney World Classic.
"Colleen ran a smart race and gave a tremendous effort today," UAB head coach Blake Boldon said.
SMU took the title at the championships with 28 points, followed by runner-up UTEP with 40 points. Rice claimed third place (82), while Tulsa and Houston finished in fourth (90) and fifth place (138), respectively. UAB rounded out the top half of the 12-team field, claiming sixth with 154 points.
"The girls were tentative too early at today's race, but they have done a tremendous job this season," UAB head cross country coach Blake Boldon. "They have done everything I've asked out of them this season and we hope to finish better next year, but right now we're going to focus our attention on the regional meet."
Finishing second for the Blazers was senior Kristina Olsen who took 27th place overall with a time of 19:29.70. Redshirt junior Kendel Hood ran to a time of 19:44.80 to take 30th, while sophomore Kristina Vaughn claimed 34th with a time of 19:49.40.
Sophomore Clara Cid ran a time of 20:04.20 to take 44th. Finishing close behind was junior Bianca Le'Blanc with a time of 20:15.30. Sophomores Lauren Fayen and Lucy Taylor claimed 54th (20:29.80) and 55th (20:30.70), respectively. Sophomore Rhiannon Johns finished with a 5K time of 20:40.5 and claimed 59th place.
UAB will be back in action on Nov. 14 at the NCAA South Regional meet in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
