The Chicago State women's cross country team placed seventh out of seven teams at the Illini Open at the UI Arboretum in Champaign, Illinois today. Freshman
Abigael Limo was the first to cross the finish line for the Cougars in the women's race with a time of 21:44.5. She has been the Cougars top finisher in each of the five meets this season.
Complete team and individual results listed below.
The next action for the women's cross country team is scheduled for Friday, November 11 at the NCAA DI Midwest Regional hosted by the University of Missouri at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Missouri.
Illini Open
UI Arboretum
Champaign, Illinois
Friday, October 21
Women (5K)
1 Wisconsin-17
2 Illinois-81
3 Illinois State-83
4 Bradley-88
5 Butler-115
6 Iowa (B)-125
7 Chicago State-190
Chicago State
Score (Place)
36 (44)-
Abigael Limo, 21:44.5
37 (45)-
Aileen Lopez, 28:30.5
38 (46)-Sofiya Sedovich, 30:16.6
39 (47)-
Amaya Jenkins, 34:33.6
40 (48)-Amina Taibi, 34:35.5
41 (49)-
Sanaya Ross, 37:25.0
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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