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Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational Presented by Under Armour
Ruhly leads the way for Badgers
October 14, 2022 | Women's Cross Country
Wisconsin places 14th at Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational
MADISON, Wis. – It was a team performance all around for the 28th-ranked Wisconsin women's cross country at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational Presented by Under Armour as the Badgers finished 14th in a field that featured 24 ranked teams and eight of the top-10 teams in the country.
The Badgers scored 506 points and finished ahead of 10 other ranked teams at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in their fourth meet of the season.
First-ranked NC State won the team title, edging No. 2 New Mexico as NC State won the tiebreaker with both teams finishing with 80 points. Fourth-ranked Northern Arizona finished third with 244 points, while fifth-ranked BYU took fourth with 252 points. Wisconsin finished ahead of several teams ranked above them in the national poll, including No. 9 Washington.
NC State sophomore Katelyn Tuohy won the individual title in 19 minutes, 44.3 seconds, five seconds ahead of teammate Kelsey Chmiel who was second place.
Redshirt junior Shea Ruhly finished first for UW at the meet, running the 6k course in 20:33.2 seconds for 54th place. Her time was a personal best by 5.7 seconds. Another Badger to lead the way finishing second for the Badgers, was junior Samantha Stieve, who placed 86th overall and ran the course in 20 minutes, 48.7 seconds.
Also helping the Badgers to a 14th place finish, junior Victoria Heiligenthal, who covered the course in 20:54.3, graduate student Lucinda Crouch who completed the course in 21:02.7 and Emma Watcke who finished in 21:08.9
Vivian Hacker leads UW to fourth place in the B Race
Wisconsin finished fourth in the B race with three Badgers securing top-30 spots. Senior Vivian Haacker took first among the Badgers, taking a 17th-place finish in 21:20.0. Heidi Heuerman quickly followed Hacker with her 20th-place finish in 21:26.4. Peyton Sippy was the third Badger to cross the line in 21:36.4 to earn 28th place.
Sophomore Maggie Munson helped the Badgers to a top-five finish placing 32nd, running the course in 21:42.2. Mya Bunke and Madison Mooney covered the course in 21:54.8 and 22:02.3, respectively.
Straight from the Course:
Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne:
"You see 13 teams ahead of you, but you see the teams behind you that you beat from the different regions. I think when the dust settles from today that we will see that we did get some points out of today. I think that's always the objective when you put together a field like this. We had incredible teams out there, and we had some opportunities to beat other teams from other regions. You could get stuck on that raw number, but I'm proud of what our women did out on the course today."
Shea Ruhly:
"Our game plan going out there today was to run for Sarah and make sure whenever we were running together or passing another girl on the course, we were doing it together and remembering that we all have a purpose, especially out there, especially today when we are all running for mental health awareness. We ran with a purpose regardless of the result out there, and we can use it as a good stepping stone to keep going into the championship season."
Up Next:
The Badgers will travel to Champaign, Illinois for the Illinois Open. The women's race begins at 11:00 a.m. at the UI Arboretum. The Badgers open postseason racing the following week with the 2022 Big Ten Cross Country Champsionhip on Friday, Oct. 28 in Ann Arbor, Mochigan.
Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational Presented by Under Armour
Oct. 14, 2022
Thomas Zimmer Championship Course
6K Race
Championship Race Results:
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1. NC State |
80 |
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2. New Mexico |
80 |
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3. Northern Arizona |
244 |
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4. BYU |
252 |
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5. Notre Dame |
257 |
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6. North Carolina |
280 |
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7. Stanford |
285 |
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8. Utah |
303 |
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9. Colorado |
306 |
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10. Georgetown |
310 |
Top 10 Individuals
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1. Katelyn Tuohy |
NC STATE |
19:44.3 |
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2. Kelsey Chmiel |
NC STATE |
19:49.4 |
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3. Elise Stearns |
NAU |
19:57.5 |
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4. Kaylee Mitchell |
OREGON ST |
20:00.5 |
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5. Bailey Hertenstein |
COLORADO |
20:02.7 |
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6. Emily Venters |
UTAH |
20:02.9 |
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7. Maia Ramsden |
HARVARD |
20:04.5 |
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8. Samree Dishon |
NEW MEXICO |
20:05.9 |
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9. Gracelyn Larkin |
NEW MEXICO |
20:06.0 |
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10. Isabel Van Camp |
ARKANSAS |
20:06.3 |
Wisconsin Finishers
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54. Shea Ruhly |
WIS |
20:33.2 |
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86. Samantha Stieve |
WIS |
20:48.7 |
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WIS |
20:54.3 |
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128. Lucinda Crouch |
WIS |
21:02.7 |
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143. Emma Watcke |
WIS |
21:08.8 |
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210. Stella Gillman |
WIS |
21:45.4 |
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216. Leane Willemse |
WIS |
21:51.3 |
B Race Results:
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1. BYU |
33 |
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2. New Mexico |
50 |
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3. Stanford |
69 |
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4. Wisconsin |
100 |
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5. Boise State |
134 |
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6. Utah State |
160 |
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7. Michigan State |
166 |
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8. Arkansas |
202 |
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9. Utah Valley |
222 |
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10. Minnesota |
262 |
Top 10 Individuals
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1. Sarah Eckel |
NEW MEXICO |
20:48.2 |
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2. Melissa Tanaka |
STANFORD |
20:51.5 |
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3. Madi Moffitt |
BYU |
20:52.7 |
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4. Bryn Morley |
NAU |
20:59.5 |
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5. Semira Mebrahtu Firezghi |
NEW MEXICO |
21:03.2 |
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6. Lindsey Stallworth |
BYU |
21:05.8 |
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7. Lauren Neugeboren |
COLORADO ST. |
21:07.8 |
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8. Claudia Burgess |
COLORADO ST. |
21:09.3 |
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9. Samantha Valentine |
NEW MEXICO |
21:09.4 |
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10. Sarah Trainor |
NORTH CAROLINA |
21:10.4 |
Wisconsin Finishers
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17. Vivan Hacker |
WIS |
21:20.0 |
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20. Heidi Heuerman |
WIS |
21:26.4 |
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28. Peyton Sippy |
WIS |
21:36.6 |
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32. Maggie Munson |
WIS |
21:42.2 |
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42. Mya Bunke |
WIS |
21:54.8 |
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52. Madison Mooney |
WIS |
22:02.3 |
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72. Kylie Finger |
WIS |
22:21.2 |
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77. Erinn Hill |
WIS |
22:27.0 |
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93. Ashley Peterson |
WIS |
22:46.4 |
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116. Kate Ricks |
WIS |
24:02.2 |
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