Mississippi State
Notre Dame Invitational
MSU Cross Country Teams See Winning Streak End At Two
October 03, 2008 | Cross Country
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Mississippi State's cross country teams departed the 53rd Annual Notre Dame Invitational on Friday with the Bulldogs placing 20th and the Lady Bulldogs finishing 23rd.
Both squads entered the nationally-renowned event having won their previous two meets and were hoping to better their respective scores. However, the day didn't go as planned for the MSU coaching staff.
"We set out to be 13th or better," men's coach Steve Dudley said. "As an overall team, we didn't do as well as we wanted. Our top three ? (Robert) Scribner, (Jonathon) Rono, and (Adam) Lenz ? did well, but the rest of our guys need to step up and decide that they are good caliber SEC runners."
Robert Scribner was again the Bulldogs top finisher with a time of 24 minutes, 34 seconds in the men's race, won by Florida State. On the women's side, also won by FSU to give the Seminoles the sweep, freshmen Renee Masterson recorded the top time for the Lady Bulldogs at 17:53.
"We just had a bad day," said Coach Al Schmidt. "It's not as bad as it looks. Renee and Dominique ran well, but Simone [Domingue] didn't race as she normally does. She is normally our No. 1. Their training is too good. Our goal is still the top half of the conference."
Both teams return to action on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haunt, Ind.
Notre Dame Invitational Cross Country Results At South Bend, Ind.
Men's 8K Results:
1. Florida State 81; 2. Tulsa 126; 3. Texas A&M 136; 4. Providence 148; 5, Butler 208; T6. Florida 217; T6 Notre Dame 217; 8. New Mexico 240; 9. Michigan 276; 10. Eastern Michigan 290; 11. Princeton 296; 12. Lamar 364; 13. Miami [OH] 369; 14. Arizona 376; 15. North Carolina 417; 16. Utah 423; 17. Eastern Michigan 439; 18. Illinois State 453; 19. Indiana State 455; 20. MISSISSIPPI STATE 479; 21. Navy 482; 22. Kentucky 490; 23. Michigan State 537; 24. Southern Utah 546; 25. Marquette 549.
MEDALIST: Samuel Kosgei, Lamar (23.32)
Women's 5K Results:
1. Florida State 88; 2. Princeton 124. 3. Michigan 136; 4. Stony Brook 156; 5. Florida 179; 6. SMU 245; 7. Providence 250; 8. Rice 251; T9. Illinois 257; T9. New Mexico 257; 11. Notre Dame 272; 12. Texas Tech 308; 13. Tulsa 315; 14. North Carolina 353; 15. Arizona 354; 16. Kentucky 357; 17. Akron 363; 18. Marquette 388; 19. Boston College 410; 20. Texas A&M 543; 21. Utah State 577; 22. Southern Utah 630; 23. MISSISSIPPI STATE 668.
MEDALIST: Brie Felnagle, North Carolina (16:21)
Mississippi State Men's 8K Results:
46. Robert Scribner (24:34); 74. Jonathan Rono (24:50); 78. Adam Lenz (24:53); 126. Matthew Cameron (25:21); 173. Cameron Vincent (26:09); 189. Mitch Weegman (26:30); 191. Daniel Simpkins (26:38); 194. Golden Coachman (26:46); 202: Thuom Mathiang (28:01).
Mississippi State Women's 5K Results:
88. Renee Masterson (17:53); 138. Dominque Lockhart (18:27); 162. Lydia Chebii (18:51); 166. Sarah Hammes (18:59); 179. Simone Domingue (19:17); 180. Loren Bruce (19:29).
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