Whipple Leads Women's CC at City Wells 5K

Posted: Oct 23, 2015

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The cool and rainy conditions on Friday afternoon set the stage for another impressive performance by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's and men's cross country team who hosted the 2^nd annual "City Wells" 5K on Friday, October 23^rd at the Eau Claire municipal well fields on the north side of town.

Results

UW-Eau Claire rested 12 women and 11 men in preparation for the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship this Saturday but the Blugolds who did compete ran extremely strong.

Rebecca Whipple (So.-Madison, WI/West) led the way for the women winning the race in a PR time of 19:20. Whipple took the lead from the gun and looked great throughout the entire race. Her time is even more impressive considering she ran a time trial on the exact same course two months earlier at the start of the season in 20:17.

The next three finishers for the Blugolds also cracked the 20 minute barrier and were Katie George (Fr.- St. Paul, MN/Visitation) – 2^nd place in 19:31, Emily Jaeger (Fr.-Fall Creek, WI) – 4^th in 19:43 and Katie Wood (Jr.-Milwaukee, WI/South) – 5^th in 19:45.

Rounding out the top 7 for the Blugold women were Maya Jourdan (Fr.- Wausau, WI/D.C. Everest) – 6^th in 20:04, Laura Crave (Sr.-Waterloo, WI)-7^th in 20:13 and Katie Carlino (Fr.-Franklin, WI)-8^th in 20:14.

On the men's side Riley Huffman (So.-Oshkosh, WI/North) ran a smart race passing through 1600 meters in 5:02 and holding that pace the rest of the way to win in a PR time of 15:43, which is 43 seconds faster than he ran last year on the same course.

The Blugolds top 5 cracked the 16 minute barrier and included Matt Cyra (Jr.- Eagle, WI/Mukwonago) -2^nd in 15:46, Tyler Kobilarcsik (Fr.-Chanhassen, MN)-3^rd in 15:57, Hank Woloszyn (So.-Madison, WI/Edgewood)-4^th in 15:58 and Patrick Treacy (Fr.-Eau Claire, WI/Memorial)-5^th in 15:59.

Up next for the Blugolds is the WIAC Cross Country Championships, which will be hosted by UW-Oshkosh this Saturday, October 31 at Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne. The women's 6K is at Noon followed by the men's 8K at 1 pm.