The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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Big 12 Championships
Women's Cross Country places fifth at 2010 Big 12 Championships
10.30.2010 | XC: Women_Old, Track & Field / Cross Country
Oct. 30, 2010
STILLWATER, Okla. -- The University of Texas Women's Cross Country team placed fifth at the 2010 Big 12 Cross Country Championship Saturday morning in Stillwater, Okla. The Longhorns picked up 147 points for their highest finish since 2008. Texas also finished ahead of Texas A&M to pick up a point in the annual State Farm Lone Star Showdown standings.
Junior Mia Behm paced the Longhorns clocking a 6K time of 21:00.41 for 20th place. Behm was followed closely by freshman Megan Siebert, who crossed the finish line five seconds later in 21:05.99 for 22nd.
The trio of freshman Sara Sutherland (21:33.22), junior Julie Amthor (21:34.30) and redshirt sophomore Laleh Mojtabaeezamani (21:35.84) rounded out scoring for Texas placing 34th, 35th and 36th, respectively.
Senior Allison Mendez recorded a 44th place finish with a time of 21:46.78, while Christina Henderson (45th) finished one second behind in 21:47.21.
Texas Tech won the team title with a total of 44 points. Colorado placed second with 53 followed by Iowa State (79) and Oklahoma State (90) to round out the top five. Texas Tech's Rose Tanui took home the individual title with a time of 20:04.34.
Texas will compete next in the 2010 NCAA South Central Regional Championship on Nov. 13 in Waco, Texas.
TEAM RESULTS
1. Texas Tech, 44 points
2. Colorado, 53 points
3. Iowa State, 79 points
4. Oklahoma State, 90 points
5. TEXAS, 147 points
6. Kansas State, 166 points
7. Kansas, 204 points
8. Nebraska, 218 points
9. Texas A&M, 229 points
10. Baylor, 247 points
11. Missouri, 271 points
12. Oklahoma, 314 points
TEXAS' RESULTS
20. Mia Behm, 21:00.41
22. Megan Siebert, 21:05.99
34. Sara Sutherland, 21:33.22
35. Julie Amthor, 21:34.30
36. Laleh Mojtabaeezamani, 21:35.84
44. Allison Mendez, 21:46.78
45. Christina Henderson, 21:47.21
POST MEET QUOTES
Assistant coach Steve Sisson
On the performance of the team: I feel like our girls have had a solid season they're in a position where they're continuing to improve but for every up there's got to be a down and today I didn't feel like we had the kind of day we needed to be competitive in our conference. The Big 12 is a very competitive league and if you blink then someone is going to come and do better. We still believe that we are a top 20 team in the country and we have a group of girls that are going to fight back and go into our region meet very focused, driven and ready to compete.
