Tulsa Cross Country Teams Finished Regular Season at Bradley Pink Classic and Wisconsin Pre-Nationals

Friday, October 18

Peoria, Ill.

3:45 p.m.

Tulsa

Bradley Pink Classic (Women)

Photo by: Tom Lynn

Tulsa Cross Country Teams Finished Regular Season at Bradley Pink Classic and Wisconsin Pre-Nationals

10/19/2024 12:32:00 PM | Cross Country

PEORIA, Ill. & MADISON, Wis. — The 2024 cross country regular season has come to a close as the Golden Hurricane women's and men's teams got some good looks at the Bradley Pink Classic and Wisconsin Pre-Nationals this weekend ahead of the American Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2, in Wichita, Kan.

The TU women took part in the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday and finished the 6K course at the Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Ill., seventh of 32 total teams. Pacing the women's fourth top-10 team finish of the season was Robyn Kowalski from The Woodlands, Texas. The senior set a new 6K personal-best of 20:37.16 for 12^th overall. Redshirt seniors Ailey Mitchell (21:00.95) and Chloe Hershenow (21:04.81) placed 25^th and 28^th, respectively, junior Alicen Ashley (21:34.64) took 67^th and redshirt sophomore McKenna Terrell finished 81^st in 21:46.79.

Many of the top programs in the country competed in the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals in Madison Saturday. The Tulsa men would finish 19^th as a group, beating out No. 13 Washington, No. 14 Michigan, No. 27 Florida State, No. 28 Air Force and No. 29 Texas. Once again, redshirt senior Chris McLeod was the Hurricane's first finisher at 23:40.4 for 66^th place. His teammates Jaden Forester (23:47.5), a redshirt senior, and Charlie Krasnoff (23:48.5), a redshirt sophomore, placed back-to-back at 90 and 91, respectively. Redshirt freshman Ben Brown took 121^st in 24:04.6, and redshirt freshman James Knockton rounded out the TU top-five in 24:06.5 for 125^th.

"We had another really solid day while still not being at our best," Head Men's Coach Taylor Gulley said. "James [Knockton] fell five seconds into the race and never panicked and worked his way through. Jaden [Forester] really stepped up and helped us out. We think we got some at-Large points and know all eyes turn towards AAC Championships in two weeks. We'll certainly improve over the next two weeks and want to keep that momentum building."

Bradley Pink Classic Results ----------
Women's 6K Red Race – 21:14.0 Average
12. Robyn Kowalski – 20:37.16
25. Ailey Mitchell – 21:00.95
28. Chloe Hershenow – 21:04.81
67. Alicen Ashley – 21:34.64
81. McKenna Terrell – 21:46.79
93. Amy Morefield – 21:55.52
179. Sara Scott – 22:56.52

Women's Team Results
1. Northwestern – 44 Pts (1 + 3 + 11 + 13 + 16 (18) (19))
2. Loyola-Chicago – 123 Pts (6 + 9 + 22 + 34 + 52 (75))
3. Bradley – 151 Pts (2 + 24 + 36 + 41 + 48 + (82) (95))
4. Indiana State – 192 Pts (10 + 20 + 44 + 54 + 64 (103) (113))
5. Ohio – 194 Pts (15 + 27 + 37 + 43 + 72 (99) (117))
6. Butler – 200 Pts (4 + 26 + 39 + 60 + 71 (85) (86))
7. Tulsa – 208 Pts (12 + 25 + 28 + 65 + 78 (89) (161))
8. Kentucky – 230 Pts (14 + 21 + 31 +73 + 91 (119) (126))
9. North Dakota State – 246 Pts (5 + 40 + 56 + 69 + 76 (83) (94))
10. Iowa – 275 Pts (30 + 35 + 42 + 81 + 87 (110) (135))
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32. Wisconsin-Green Bay – 966 Pts (174 + 189 + 191 + 203 + 209 (211) (213))

Wisconsin Pre-Nationals Results --------
Men's 8K Open Race
56. Oisin Spillane – 25:28.3

Men's 8K – 23:53.5 Average
66. Chris McLeod – 23:40.4
90. Jaden Forester – 23:47.5
91. Charlie Krasnoff – 23:48.5
121. Ben Brown – 24:04.6
125. James Knockton – 24:06.5
202. Luke Lambert – 24:44.5
231. Luke Birdseye – 25:36.8
232. Sean Korsmo – 25:40.2

Men's Team Results
1. Arkansas – 89 Pts (4 + 7 + 8 + 18 + 52 (70) (86))
2. Iowa State – 128 Pts (5 + 19 + 24 + 30 + 50 (57) (93))
3. Stanford – 142 Pts (9 + 20 + 22 + 43 + 48 (53) (69))
4. New Mexico – 166 Pts (1 + 11 + 26 + 63 + 65 (156) (172))
5. Northern Arizona – 178 Pts (21 + 23 + 25 + 36 + 73 (100) (119))
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19. Tulsa – 491 Pts (66 + 90 + 91 + 121 +123 (193) (216))
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32. Air Force – 765 Pts (99 + 137 + 159 + 176 + 194 (197) (210))