Northwestern
NCAA Championships
Huth Represents Wildcats at 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships
11/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country & Track
Nov. 22, 2010
Event: NCAA Cross Country Championships
Site: Terre Haute, Ind. • LaVern Gibson Championship Course
Individual Outcome: 174th/253
Next NU Event: Season Complete
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- As Northwestern's first representative at the NCAA Championships since 2002, sophomore Audrey Huth (Shelby, Mich./Utica) endured a blustery day at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course but managed to finish the 6K race in 21:58.5 on Monday afternoon. Huth placed 174th against a field of more than 250 of the nation's top female runners.
Serving as the site of the NCAA Championships for the seventh-straight year, Terre Haute was home to wind gusts of up to 30 mph before and during Monday's race.
"This was a fantastic experience for Audrey's young career," said NU head coach April Likhite. "She did a great thing for our program by achieving her goal of reaching the national meet and I am extremely proud of the season she has had. She had a tough time getting out today and I think in the end that took its toll. At the end of the day, the experience will make her even more driven to succeed."
Huth's experience at NCAA's capped off an extraordinary 2010 campaign for the sophomore, one in which she was NU's top finisher in five events and set a 6K school record with her time of 20:35 at the NCAA Regional Championships on Nov. 13. She earned All-Midwest Region honors with her 17th-place showing at the event as Northwestern recorded its highest team finish since 2003.
Head coach April Likhite returns her entire 2010 roster in 2011 save for two graduating seniors. Included in that group of returners are all five NU scorers at the Big Ten Championships.
Villanova captured its second straight NCAA team championship on Monday, winning the meet with only 120 team points. The Wildcats of the Big East also brought home an individual title as Sheila Reid paced all runners with a time of 20:07.
Complete individual and team results are available on the Indiana State web site linked at the top of the page.
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