Cross Country Competes in NCAA Midwest Regionals

The Loyola men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Stillwater, Oklahoma Friday, Nov. 10 to compete in the NCAA Midwest Regionals hosted by Oklahoma State University. 

The Ramblers entered regionals following their success in the Atlantic 10 Championships. The men’s team ended the A-10 tournament in fourth place. Both the men’s and women’s teams ended the event with wins for the second championship in a row.

The women’s team ran in the 6K at 10:30 a.m. Friday, while the men competed in the 10K just after at 11:30 a.m. 

The men’s team placed fourth overall, aided by graduate student Chris Devaney, who placed 11th individually with a time of 30:27 and qualified for the NCAA Championship. Their fourth place finish matches the men’s fourth place finish at regionals last year. 

Five Ramblers ended the race with new personal bests, including third-year Grace Kuhn who placed 27th with a time of 21:24 and first-year Julia Isham at 54th with 21:46 on the women’s team.

Those with new personal bests on the men’s team included graduate student François Guilhot at 21st with a time of 31:07, first-year Cael Mullholland at 24th with 31:18, and third-year Gabe Smit at 40th with a time of 31:40.

Guilhot, Mulholland and Devaney all finished the race with All-Region honors. Mulholland is the first true first-year student to walk away with this honor in the program’s history. 

On the women’s team, which placed ninth overall, graduate student Delia McDade-Clay finished in 57th with a time of 21:50, third-year Grace Jostock finished with a time of 22:02 and third-year Ali Gilloly crossed the line at 22:14. On the men’s team, second-year Woody Jerome came in at 35th with a time of 31:33.

Devaney will be heading to Charlottesville, Virginia Nov. 18 for the NCAA Championships.

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