Mount Paces Beavers in Bronco Invitational Victory

Saturday, October 13

Santa Clara, CA

9:30 AM

Oregon State

Bronco Invitational

October 13, 2018 | Women's Cross Country

Results

By: Athletic Communications

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – For the second time in 2018 the Oregon State cross country team stood atop the podium as they took first place at the Bronco Invitational at Baylands Regional Park in Santa Clara, Calif. on Saturday morning.

The Beavers had a great race as a team finishing with 48 teams points in first place. Rice and Utep tied for second place with 172 points, while Wyoming took fourth place with 174 points. OSU had seven times on Saturday making their way onto the Oregon State top 20 all-time list.

"I'm very pleased with our effort today," began head coach Louie Quintana. "We continue to show great depth, which is important as we move into championship season."

Senior Juliana Mount paced the Beavers on the 6,000-meter course finishing in third place individually in 20:12.40. She was joined in the top 10 by freshman Mari Friedman who finished in sixth place at 20:20.70, the third-fastest time in Oregon State history.

Freshman Haley Wolf continues her strong start to her collegiate career with an eighth place finish in 20:25.90. Wolf was already on the top 20 all-time list, but improved her mark up to No. 5 all time.

"Individually, JJ [Mount] was a star, but she had company today," said Quintana. "Mari Friedman was closing hard and ran her best race as a Beaver and Haley Wolf took some risks and engaged in the front group."

"Grace [Featherstonhaugh] keeps getting better and better each week," said Quintana. "But our heart and soul will be Lexi Reed and Audrey Lookner, they are as steady as they come."

Reed was the fourth Beavers to cross the finish line in 13th place, and improving her all-time mark to No. 11 with a time of 20:44.50. Lookner followed close behind finishing in 18th place overall with a time of 20:48.70. Featherstonhaugh recorded the 13th fastest time in OSU history running at 20:50.40 on the way to a 19th place individual finish.

Brigette Takeuchi, Alyssa Foote and Sara Christianson all managed top 20 marks as well on Saturday. Takeuchi ran the 14th-best time in OSU history at 20:55.0, while Foote's time of 21:05.20 and Christianson's time of 21:06.10 were fast enough for No. 17 and No. 18, respectively.

Batya Beard (21:50.50), Maddie Fuhrman (22:16.70), Mikayla Sodersten (23:11.50) and Alexa Hayes (23:18.80) finalized the field of competition for OSU.

"This was a nice and commanding win," said Quintana. "We will now flip the calendar and prepare for the Pac-12 Championships."

Up Next
The Beavers are home for the Beaver Classic at Avery Park on Saturday, Oct. 20. The Pac-12 Cross Country Championships are held at the Stanford Golf Course on Friday, Oct. 26.

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