The Chicago State men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Bradley Pink Classic at the Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Illinois today. The CSU women placed 22nd out of 22 teams in the White Race while The Chicago State men placed 13th out of 18 teams in the men's White Race.
Freshman
Abigael Limo was the first to cross the finish line for the Cougars in the women's race with a time of 26:20.9. She has been the Cougars top finisher in each of the four meets this season and today's time was a season best, knocking 45 seconds off her previous best. On the men's side,
Allan Kipruto was CSU's top finisher for the third time in four meets with a time of 25:58.9, his second-best 8k time this year.
Complete team and individual results listed below.
The next action for the men's and women's cross country teams will be Friday, October 21 at the Illini Open in Champaign, Illinois at the UI Arboretum. The men will compete in an 8k race while the women will run a 5k.
Bradley Pink Classic
Newman Golf Course
Peoria, Illinois
Friday, October 14
Women's White Race
Women (6K)
1 Grand Valley State-24
2 Loyola (IL)-82
3 South Dakota State-124
4 Milwaukee-137
5 Oakland-148
6 Bradley-171
7 St. Thomas (MN)-220
8 Millikin-223
9 North Central (IL)-255
10 SE Missouri-278
11 Heartland CC-309
12 Northern Illinois-311
13 Bellarmine-335
14 Edgewood-339
15 Purdue Fort Wayne-396
16 Harper College-440
17 Vincennes-474
18 St. Clair County CC-534
19 McKendree-556
20 Monmouth (IL)-573
21 Rockford-581
22 Chicago State-602
Chicago State
Score (Place)
123 (172)-Amina Taibi, 30:44.5
127 (176)-Katarina Dukic, 32:34.6
128 (179)-Kristina Pukhaeva, 32:54.2
132 (185)-Sofiya Sedovich, 36:39.5
133 (186)-Ethel Li, 36:39.8
Men's White Race
Men (8K)
1 Grand Valley State-22
2 Bradley-92
3 Bellarmine-113
4 Heartland CC-129
5 Millikin-130
6 Purdue Fort Wayne-194
7 Eastern Illinois-202
8 Vincennes-216
9 Illinois State-221
10 St. Clair CC-286
11 Moraine Valley CC-323
12 Clarke-379
13 Chicago State-385
14 Webster-402
15 McKendree-404
16 Monmouth (IL)-419
17 Harper College-434
18 Rockford-471
Chicago State
Score (Place)
117 (176)-Kenny Spears, 34:45.9
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioningm to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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