COLUMBIA, Missouri – Mizzou Cross Country continued the 2021 regular season on Friday, competing in and hosting the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Mo. With Mizzou against Texas A&M, Iowa and Wichita State, among other domestic competitors, the women’s team finished in second. place with 67 points, and the men fourth with 113. Freshman Guillaume Sinclair (Tauwhare, New Zealand) led the men by finishing second in the 8 km. For women, senior Sarah chapman (Maidenhead, England) and second year Isabelle Christiansen (Oswego, Ill.) Both secured the top 10 places in the 6 km race.

Notable tigers

First-year student Guillaume Sinclair (Tauwhare, New Zealand) led Mizzou’s men’s team in the men’s 8k race finishing second overall and clocking a time of 23: 52.9, breaking his personal best of 8km and his 4^e places the finish time of Gans Creek last year (24: 13.7). Junior Wilhite Marquette (Warrensburg, Missouri) also finished in the top 10 with a solid 7^e set the arrival time of 24: 12.5.

On the women’s side, Senior Sarah chapman (Maidenhead, England) finished in 2^sd place with a result of 21: 02.7, marking his second consecutive top three in this race, having finished 1^st in 2020. This also marks Sarah’s second top 10 this season after finishing 7th^e at the Classic Commodore. Second year Isabelle Christiansen (Oswego, Illinois), after completing 15^e in Nashville, finished the Gans Creek Classic placing 2^sd for Mizzou and 8^e out of 153 runners, setting a new personal best with a good final time of 21: 18.7.

ESTIMATE

Head Coach Mizzou Marc Burns… “We’ve been through some very exciting things today, but we don’t like to be beaten on our home run. It was great to see Will and Sarah ride in front. Our fifth riders did well today, but we have to find a way to close the gap between our 4th and 5th riders on both sides. We will take the positives and refocus our efforts on training to prepare in Wisconsin in two weeks. We will have to be ready for a fast pace and then continue to the finish line. “

FOLLOWING

Following the Gans Creek Classic, Mizzou will travel to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to participate in the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday, October 15 for the fourth and final meeting of the regular season.

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RESULTS 8K MEN –

2. Guillaume Sinclair, 23: 36.5 // 7. Marquette Wilhite, 24: 12.5 // 18. Martin Prodanov, 24: 31.0 // 35. Mitchell Small, 25: 51.4 // 55. Jack Warner, 25: 09.4 // 63. Blake morris, 25: 16.3 // 65. Jacob Nicholson, 25: 18.6. // 67. Royce Fisher, 25: 20.3 // 86. Luc Winkler, 25: 39.2 // 91. Jonathan schmidt, 25: 41.4 // 100. Angus beer, 25: 48.6 // 124. Quentin Worley, 26:19

6K WOMEN’S RESULTS –

2. Sarah chapman 21: 02.7 // 8. Isabelle Christiansen, 21: 18.7 // 10. Mikayla Roseau, 21: 24.1 // 17. Jenna schwartz, 21: 31.1 // 31. Mckenna revord, 21: 54.1 // 34. Ginger Murnieks, 22: 02.1 // 54. All ison Newman, 22: 36.2 // 86. Reilly revord, 23: 09.9 // 88. Abby hake, 23: 13.0 // 114. Andi Bowman, 23: 53.9

TEAM RESULTS –

Men’s results can be found here.

Women’s results can be found here.