Mizzou cross country's Monica Wanjiku runs at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday in Madison, Wisconsin. Wanjiku placed 20th in the women's 6-kilometer race.Â
Mizzou cross country's Monica Wanjiku runs at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday in Madison, Wisconsin. Wanjiku placed 20th in the women's 6-kilometer race.Â
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Mizzou cross country's Monica Wanjiku runs at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday in Madison, Wisconsin. Wanjiku placed 20th in the women's 6-kilometer race.Â
Monica Wanjiku and Jean Kipchumba led the pack for Mizzou cross country at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday. The No. 19 women placed ninth overall, their highest finish in three entries in the meet, and the men placed 31st.
Wanjiku guided the women to a strong finish, placing 20th in the women's 6-kilometer race with a time of 19:43.5. Kobi Walker was the second-fastest Tiger, finishing 35th with a time of 20:04.4. Rachel Broemmel, placing 59th with a time of 20:25, and Suzy Lecoutre, placing 64th with a time of, 20:29, rounded out the quartet of Tigers to finish in the top 100.Â
West Virginia took home first place in the women's 6K with just 66 points, which is 265 less than Missouri, who notched 331 points. Florida took home second as the only Southeastern Conference squad above the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Kipchumba, who was the highest-placing Tiger in his inaugural race with the squad, finished 86th with a time of 23:48.8 in the men's 8-kilometer race. Elijah Limo was Missouri's only other representative in the top 100, placing 96th and clocking a time of 23:54.8.Â
New Mexico took the top team finish in the men's 8k, totaling 59 points, a far cry from Missouri's 703 points.Â
The long grind for the postseason is about to pay off, as Mizzou will host the SEC Championship on Oct. 30. The women's 6K will begin at 10:08 a.m., and the men's 8k at 10:45 a.m..
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