The team totaled 262 points in competition, placing four athletes in the top forty.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Gators Women’s Cross Country team closed out their 2023 regular season with an impressive fifth place finish at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational.
The No. 9 Florida Gators participated in the Women’s 6k Championship, lining them up to competition from twenty-one national ranked programs.
The Gators were propelled to their finish by NCAA Cross Country Runner-Up Parker Valby, who placed first overall while also making her 2023 season debut on Friday. Valby, despite the consistent rain throughout the contest, took the lead from the start and never looked back. As the race progressed Valby slowly pulled away from the others. When it was all said and done Valby crossed the finish line with a time of 19:17.2. This mark is a new Wisconsin Course record.
However, a team cannot place highly at a competitive race like Nuttycombe without a complete team effort. Flomena Asekol, Elise Thorner and Allison Wilson all recorded top forty finishes placing 16th, 30th and 38th respectively. The final Gator to score was Lucinda Rourke who finished 177th. In the end, the Gators totaled 262 points, recording victories over No. 4 Notre Dame, No. 8 Washington and No. 10 Colorado.
RESULTS
Women’s Team Finishes
Team
Place
Points
Northern Arizona
1st
52
North Carolina State
2nd
95
Georgetown
3rd
208
Stanford
4th
227
Florida
5th
262
Notre Dame
6th
292
Oregon State
7th
315
CBU
8th
322
Michigan State
9th
342
Lipscomb
10th
363
Iowa State
11th
381
Ole Miss
12th
382
Washington
13th
383
Colorado
14th
395
Utah
15th
419
Wisconsin
16th
421
Colorado State
17th
437
Furman
18th
438
Harvard
19th
454
Syracuse
20th
480
Duke
21st
508
North Carolina
22nd
510
Portland
23rd
528
Providence
24th
536
New Mexico
25th
580
Columbia
26th
606
Penn State
27th
608
Boise State
28th
645
Elon
29th
686
Florida State
30th
725
Air Force
31st
827
Utah State
32nd
833
Texas
33rd
893
Individual Finishes – Women’s 6k Championship
1) Parker Valby – 19:17.2 – Course Record
16) Flomena Asekol – 20:14.2
30) Elise Thorner – 20:32.5
38) Allison Wilson – 20:38.4
180) Lucinda Rourke – 21:49.1
190) Liina Winborn – 21:58.6
DNF) Sayla Donnelley
UPCOMING ACTION
The Florida Gators Cross Country team will be back in action on October 27 for the SEC Championships in Columbia, South Carolina.
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