From Iowa Sports Information
The Iowa men’s and women’s cross country teams wrapped up postseason competition on Friday at the NCAA Midwest Regional. The men placed 13th with a score of 389 points, while the women finished in 17th place with 478 points.
In the men’s 10,000-meter race, junior Will Ryan (30:42.6), sophomore Miles Wilson (30:45.7), and junior Brayden Burnett (31:11.8) all recorded new personal bests. Senior Miriam Sandeen set a personal best with a time of 20:55.5 in the women’s 6,000-meter race.
The woman began the morning, led by Sandeen, who placed 51st. She was followed by freshman Elena Torres in 71st (21:12.6), senior Amber Aesoph in 108th (21:35.1), freshman Hillary Trainor in 117th (21:45.7) and junior Jalyssa Blazek in 134th (22:02.1).
Ryan led the men, finishing 58th, while Wilson landed in 61st. They were followed by freshmen Kyle Montgomery (31:07.3) and Ethan Eichhorn (31:09.6), who placed 88th and 93rd, respectively. Burnett rounded out the top five runners in 97th place.