Blazers Finish Eighth at C-USA Championship

Saturday, October 27

Boca Raton, Fla.

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UAB

Conference USA Championships

Blazers Finish Eighth at C-USA Championship

10/27/2018 11:35:00 AM | Women's Cross Country

Results

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The UAB cross country team wrapped up its 2018 season with an eighth place finish at the Conference USA Championship on Saturday morning.

Race Notes

Laura Thompson led UAB with a 28th-place finish. Thompson became the fourth different Blazer to lead the team in their five races this season.
Thompson ran the 5K in 18:27.58, a career-best
Celestial Moon and Karlee Stortz also finished inside the top-50 with a 41st and 45th-place respective finish
UTEP took home the women's team title

How The Blazers Finished
28. Laura Thompson – 18:27.58
41. Celestial Moon – 18:43.43
45. Karlee Stortz – 18:49.85
57. Britney Johnson – 19:09.99
60. Bethan Evans – 19:15. 86
62. Serena Martinez – 19:27.56
94. Abigail Davis – 21:17.39
97. Sarah Salvik – 21:53.13

Course Side with Head Coach Matt Esche:
"Finishing eighth is not what we wanted, but I think that is obvious. We have the talent to be in the top-six each year and we should be. We had some very solid runs today. Laura had a huge day along with Karlee and Britney posting lifetime bests. You can not ask more when athletes do that.

The biggest positive is knowing we return everyone next year. They have made tremendous strides this year, with the training being outstanding all year. We will quickly regroup and continue to build and reload for next year."

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