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Sydney Marovitz Golf Course - Chicago, Ill.
10:45am (Men)/11:45am (Women)
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2015 Big Ten Championships
Barham, Pigneri, Coffey Lead #B1GCats At 2015 Big Ten Championships
11/1/2015 4:35:00 PM | Women's Cross Country & Track
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Senior Elena Barham was out front for Northwestern for the third straight competition, leading the 'Cats in the 2015 Big Ten Championships on Saturday at Sydney Marovitz Golf Course on Chicago's north side. Barham, sophomore Brooke Pigneri and sophomore Sara Coffey were the top-3 finishers for the Wildcats, who hosted the annual event for the first time.
2015 Big Ten Cross Country Championships - WOMEN'S RESULTS
2015 Big Ten Cross Country Championships - MEN'S RESULTS
Barham shaved five seconds off of her performance at last year's Big Ten Championships, finishing Saturday's 6K course in 21:17.2 to lead Northwestern. She was also the top finisher for the Wildcats at last weekend's Illini Open and the Louisville Pre-Nationals Invitational on Oct. 17. Pigneri and Coffey made their Championships debuts, and crossed the finish line separated by just more than a second, with the former finishing in 22:19.3 and the latter one spot behind at 22:20.4.
Freshman Mary Orders was next for Northwestern in 22:46.1, with senior Allison Jacobsen (22:53.3) rounding out the scoring for the Wildcats ahead of sophomore Elena Miller (23:02.0) and freshman Hannah Anderson (23:18.6).
Senior Camille Blackman was forced to withdraw from the race at the 2K mark due to injury. Classmate Rachel Weathered was the top Wildcat on the leaderboard after one 2K lap, and was second to Barham after the second loop, but was nearly felled before battling relentlessly to cross the finish line in the final Big Ten Championships appearance of her career.
Michigan junior Erin Finn won the Big Ten women's title in 19:44.9, leading wire-to-wire and besting the second-place finisher by five seconds, and third-place by nearly 14 seconds. Finn captured the Conference championship as a freshman in 2013, and returned this season after not competing in last year's event. Her time is the third-fastest championship result on a 6K course in Big Ten history.
No. 15 Penn State earned the team championship with 53 points, five ahead of No. 2 Michigan. The Nittany Lions placed three runers in the Top-9 (4-6-9) and six in the Top-25 (12-22-25) en route to victory.
The complete All-Big Ten teams can be found below with Athlete of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year scheduled to be announced on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
First-Team All-Big Ten
Alyssa Schneider, ILL
Erin Finn, MICH
Alexis Wiersma, MSU
Elizabeth Chikotas, PSU
Tori Gerlach, PSU
Hope Schmelzle, PUR
Shaelyn Sorensen, WIS
Second-Team All-Big Ten
Amanda Behnke, IND
Jaimie Phelan, MICH
Gina Sereno, MICH
Liz Berkholtz, MINN
Kaila Urick, MINN
Tessa Barrett, PSU
Jillian Hunsberger, PSU
2015 Big Ten Cross Country Championships - WOMEN'S RESULTS
2015 Big Ten Cross Country Championships - MEN'S RESULTS
Barham shaved five seconds off of her performance at last year's Big Ten Championships, finishing Saturday's 6K course in 21:17.2 to lead Northwestern. She was also the top finisher for the Wildcats at last weekend's Illini Open and the Louisville Pre-Nationals Invitational on Oct. 17. Pigneri and Coffey made their Championships debuts, and crossed the finish line separated by just more than a second, with the former finishing in 22:19.3 and the latter one spot behind at 22:20.4.
Freshman Mary Orders was next for Northwestern in 22:46.1, with senior Allison Jacobsen (22:53.3) rounding out the scoring for the Wildcats ahead of sophomore Elena Miller (23:02.0) and freshman Hannah Anderson (23:18.6).
Senior Camille Blackman was forced to withdraw from the race at the 2K mark due to injury. Classmate Rachel Weathered was the top Wildcat on the leaderboard after one 2K lap, and was second to Barham after the second loop, but was nearly felled before battling relentlessly to cross the finish line in the final Big Ten Championships appearance of her career.
Michigan junior Erin Finn won the Big Ten women's title in 19:44.9, leading wire-to-wire and besting the second-place finisher by five seconds, and third-place by nearly 14 seconds. Finn captured the Conference championship as a freshman in 2013, and returned this season after not competing in last year's event. Her time is the third-fastest championship result on a 6K course in Big Ten history.
No. 15 Penn State earned the team championship with 53 points, five ahead of No. 2 Michigan. The Nittany Lions placed three runers in the Top-9 (4-6-9) and six in the Top-25 (12-22-25) en route to victory.
The complete All-Big Ten teams can be found below with Athlete of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year scheduled to be announced on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
First-Team All-Big Ten
Alyssa Schneider, ILL
Erin Finn, MICH
Alexis Wiersma, MSU
Elizabeth Chikotas, PSU
Tori Gerlach, PSU
Hope Schmelzle, PUR
Shaelyn Sorensen, WIS
Second-Team All-Big Ten
Amanda Behnke, IND
Jaimie Phelan, MICH
Gina Sereno, MICH
Liz Berkholtz, MINN
Kaila Urick, MINN
Tessa Barrett, PSU
Jillian Hunsberger, PSU
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