CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State cross country team will compete in its final race before the Horizon League Championship this weekend, participating in the #JennaStrong Classic on Friday, October 17. Friday's 5K race is slated for a 4:30 p.m. start, at the Wilmington Cross Country Course.
Friday's race will be the sixth 5K of the season - and the final 5K - as the Horizon League Championship and NCAA Regional are both 6K courses.
Last time out, Megan O'Keefe recorded a career-best 5K time, finishing in 20:57 at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. Marissa Ward, who was running in her first-ever 5K race, also set a personal-best, crossing the finish line in a time of 20:14.
Ashlyn Woods was Cleveland State's top finisher at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational, pacing the Vikings for the fourth time this season, and recording her fourth sub 20-minute 5K with a time of 19:10. Katie Webb (19:24) and Samantha Butterbaugh (19:53) finished second and third for the Vikings last time out, marking the fourth time this season that the duo has been in CSU's top-three.
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The 2014 edition of the #JennaStrong Fall Classic – formerly called the Wilmington Fall Classic – will be the second honoring Wilmington student-athlete Jenna Parlette, who tragically passed away last year. The race will support Epilepsy awareness, something that Jenna worked tirelessly to support.
