String of Personal Bests Highlight Mavericks’ Trip to Notre Dame

Friday, October 4

South Bend, Ind.

2:15 p.m. CT

Omaha

Joe Piane Invitational at Notre Dame

Junior Emily Johnson finished 17th overall with a cross country 5K lifetime best at Notre Dame.

String of Personal Bests Highlight Mavericks’ Trip to Notre Dame

Oct 4, 2019 | Cross Country

Final Results - Page 17

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Five different runners registered lifetime bests for 5K as the Omaha cross country team competed at the Joe Piane Invitational at Notre Dame.

Junior Emily Johnson, back in action after an illness, reset her own 5K best with a time of 17:29.49 in the Gold Race, which put her 17th in the field of 193 runners.

Heidi Hall ran second for the Mavericks and also hit a lifetime cross country 5K best with a time of 18:01.53, good for 46th place.

"Emily came out and executed a very smart race plan and hung in with the lead pack as long as she could," said Cliff Cisar, cross country head coach. "Heidi ran a remarkable race and ran more than a minute and 20 seconds faster than her mark here last year. Her development has been crucial to our team success so far this fall."

Joanna Topham was 143rd, clocking a best of 19:08.54. She was three places ahead of Anita Jenkins who was fourth on the team in a time of 19:11.25.
Ivanna Uribe completed the scoring for the Mavericks with a time of 19:22.56, putting her in 153rd place.

Also competing in the Gold race were Raegan Andersen (19:41.92/165), Maya Nachtigal (PR/19:53.18/168) and Paige Blackford (20:46.62/182).

Danielle Howard, running in the open race, clocked a time of 20:06.22, also a lifetime best.

As a team, the Mavericks earned 476 points, putting them 20th in the field of 25 teams.

The Mavericks have a week off before returning to action at the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday, Oct. 18.