By Wyoming Sports.org
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- The University of Wyoming cross country teams went two-for-two in individual champions as senior Cowboy Mark Korir and junior Cowgirl Emily Higgins both crossed the tape in first place and led their respective teams to two third-place finishes at Saturday’s Montana State Invitational.
Korir won his second meet of the year and his second straight Montana State Invite. He ran a 24:28 in the 5-mile race, just 14 seconds off of his course record he set in 2007.
Higgins, who is coming off a second place finish at last month’s Wyoming Invitational, won her first meet of her already very successful career. She ran a 17:13, four seconds faster than that of Unattached Elisabeth Driscoll.
“What can you say about Mark, he ran his race and continues to have success on the cross country course, he ran very well,” said head coach Randy Cole. “Emily ran extremely well, it’s nice to see all her hard work finally starting to pay off. She was in 12th-place after the first mile, then fourth-place after two-miles, then first after three. She was not going to be denied today.”
For the Cowboys, fellow senior Michael Huntington followed Korir for most of the way and finished in third place, his second top-five finish in as many races. Sophomore Seth Grossman finished next in 12th-place and a time of 25:13. Red-shirt freshman Greg Miller placed 18th and senior Brett Schuler finished in 21st with times of 25:26 and 25:30 respectively.
“We are getting some nice packs of guys running together and they did a good job of pacing themselves and moving up the field together,” said Cole.
As for the Cowgirls, the sophomore combo of Alysha Davis and Emily Byra ran well again as they placed seventh and 12th respectively. Davis improved on her 42nd-place finish and time of 18:29 from a year ago to run a time of 17:35.
Erin Heffron finished the 3-mile race in 24th place with a time of 18:13. Senior Nikki Peterson, who is fighting a sore Achilles, placed 31st with her time of 18:23.
“Overall it was a real positive experience for both teams as we improved in every aspect of the meet from last year,” said Cole. “I saw a lot of determination on the faces of all our runners and we have keep that fire.”
Up next for the Cowboy and Cowgirl harriers is the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis pn Saturday.
Cowgirl golfers finish 12th
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- After strong opening to the UNM/Dick McGuire Invitational, the University of Wyoming Cowgirl golf team concluded the tournament Saturday in 12th place, with a total team score of 927 (+51), the third best team event score in Cowgirl history.
“This was a good challenge for us and we knew going into this weekend that it was going to be tough,” said UW head coach Josey Stender. “The course was playing a little tougher with some pretty tricky hole positions, and we just didn’t place the ball where we wanted to on the greens today.”
Junior Jonelle Martinez finished the tournament tied for 31st place, as she led the team for the tournament with a total of 229 strokes (+10). Following Martinez was freshman Juanita Rico who shot a third round 80 (+7), to finish the tournament tied in 47th place overall. Rico, who led the team after day one with her even par 73, finished the tournament with a total of 233 strokes (+14).
The Cowgirls have just one day off before competing in the Ron Moore Invitational Monday in Denver.
“Our girls feel more confident and prepared for the tournament in Denver,” said Stender. “We know that the Highlands Ranch Golf Club is a course that can have some pretty low scores and if we can just carry over how we played on Thursday we should have another solid tournament.”
UW tennis improves at CU
BOULDER, Colo. -- The Cowgirl tennis team had some success through the second day of the Colorado Invitationa on Saturday.
In the first singles back draws, UW's Sarah Summerfield defeated Tiffany Knop (UNC) 6-1, 6-0. Rebecca Berger lost to Tabitha Knop (UNC) in a close match of 6-4, 7-6 (5), but then came back to win against Knop 7-5, 6-2. In the second draw of singles back draws, Jamie Nelson defeated Jodi Ciarvella (UNC) 6-3, 6-3 in her first match and then followed it up with an 8-2 win against Hannah LaForest also of UNC. Brittany DeFelice was also successful in both matches she competed in. DeFelice won 6-3, 6-3 against Christine Phiel (CU) and also won against Abbey Walker of Virginia Tech, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Carly Van Hollen defeated Phiel (CU) in a close match of 7-5, 6-3, and Walker (Virginia Tech) 6-4, 7-5. In the third draw Carolina Chiax and Virginia Iwinski battled against each other in the back draws. Chaix was the winner 6-2, 6-2. Chaix then went on to dominate in her match against Jennifer Whateley (UNC) 6-0, 6-0. Iwinski was also successful in the back draws posting a win against Jill Kappel (UNC) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (8). Ronnie Spencer lost to Luiza Xavier (UNC) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (4).
In doubles play, the strong pair of Summerfield and Berger defeated Shannon Betts and Katie Blow (Virginia Tech) 8-2. Phiel and Probert defeated Spencer and VanHollen 8-3, while DeFelice and Nelson also lost their match, losing 8-1 to Tahlia Smoke and Allie Chermel (AFA).
The tournament will conclude on Sunday with two rounds of doubles.
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