HONOLULU - In her season opener at the University of Hawaii's Big Wave Invitational Michaela Mannova placed first overall in the 4K race, leading the No. 1 BYU team to a second-place finish of 45 points behind No. 24 UCLA's finish of 25 points.
The Cougars, missing some of their top line-up in Hawaii, were unprepared for the heat and humidity of Hawaii and struggled behind UCLA placing second only 19 points behind them.
"It was a hot and humid day," women's head coach Patrick Shane said. "We trained right through this meet, so the girls were a little tired. But we just didn't bring enough with us to Hawaii."
Missing from the Cougars team were All-Americans, sophomore Breanne Sandberg, the winner of last week's BYU Autumn Classic, sophomore Kassi Anderson and junior Laura Turner who have not opened their season yet.
"I was very pleased that Michaela was able to win her first race this season," Shane said. "She ran very well and I am excited for what this season has to hold for her."
Mannova ran the 4K course in 13:28, coming in 20 seconds before any other contender. Flowing Mannova for BYU was junior Emily Raymond at 14:22 who placed ninth and freshman Amber Harper in her first BYU race who placed tenth (14:25). Also placing for the Cougars was freshman Kristy Barrus (14:33), redshirt freshman Anne Heiner (14:37), senior Tiffany Rust (14:38) and junior Jami Caldwell (14:40) placing twelfth through fifteenth respectively.
"The girls did their best," Shane said. "We didn't quite have enough to stay ahead of UCLA who won this competition last year. They really do have a strong team."
Also competing against the Cougars at the Klipper Golf Course were nine other teams including University of Hawaii, Hawaii-Hilo, Hawaii Pacific, Chaminade, BYU-Hawaii, UC Santa Cruz, US Naval Academy, Houston and SDSU.
The BYU women will head back to the mainland to prepare for the Great American Cross Country Festival next Saturday, Sept. 26, in Cary, N.C.
"Despite our struggle today we will be much stronger next week at a much bigger meet," Shane said. "We are preparing for when it really counts, at nationals and won't see what are team can really do until them."
University of Hawaii (Manoa) X-C Big Wave Invitational Women's 4K
*********** TEAM SCORE **********
1. UCLA
3 4 5 6 8 (11) (17) = 26
ASHLEH CALDWELL, JENNA TIMINSKY, ALISON COSTELO, VALERIE FLORES, SARAH WEST, ALLISON HALL, MELISSA MCBAIN
2. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY UTAH
1 9 10 12 13 (14) (15) = 45
MICHAELA MANNOVA, EMILY RAYMOND, AMBER HARPER, KRISTY BAIIS, ANNE HEINER, TIFFANY RUST, JAMI CALDWELL
3. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
7 18 30 33 34 (37) (45) = 122
MARIE NILSSON, CHRISTAL CUADRA, KYLIE EDWARDS, CHRISTIAN FAIRING, CELESTE TYSON, ALLISON BROWN, TINA FODOR
3. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
16 25 26 27 28 (29) (31) = 122
EMILY CASTRO, ERIN DEMCHKO, ALLISON BARLOW, GINA DIPIERO, STEPHANIE PATTERSON, TINA TERRY, JUSTINE WHIPPLE
5. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
19 22 32 42 47 (61) = 162
JESSICA OAKES, JANAY COVINGTON, SHAWNA FLORIDA, TERIE LITTLEPAGE, VERONICA RAMIREZ, RACHEL FREEMAN
6. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA
23 24 35 41 44 (48) (49) = 167
CHANTELLE LAAAN, DANA BUCHANAN, MONICA SU, HEIDI FRANK, JENNY BELL, CARIN PATTERSON, ROBIN MCROBBIE
7. HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSTIY
20 21 43 46 50 (55) (71) = 180
JANINE BROWN, RACHEL MILLER, HEATHER POSTEMA, KENDRA BYRD, MASAKO, SAGAWA, ELIZABETH THOMPSON, STEPHANIE YOUNG
8. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII
2 51 60 62 63 (65) (66) = 238
CHELSEA SMITH, MELISA FLAKE, LYDIA KAHLE-CLARK, WHITNEY ROTHEY, CORI HARRIS, KRISTEN NIELSON, KRISTINA FOLSOM
9. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HILO
36 38 40 64 67 = 245
LARA HERNANDEZ, LARA BACHMEIER, COLLEEN CASSIDY, MARTHA KAWASAKI, MELISSA PUPO-DAVIS
10. UC SANTA CRUZ
39 54 57 58 59 (72) = 267
DANIELLE ZELINSKI, KAI PARKER, DIANA HAY, ANNE SCHULTZ, HOLLY SHISLER, JEN UHLIG
11. CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY HAWAII
52 53 56 68 69 (70) = 298
ELIZABETH TEXEIRA, KRISTINA HUTMACHER, LEILANI KALUHIOKALANI-MYER, DENISE ANDERS, CHRISTINE OPITZ, JAMIE JAKES
Place TmPl Name School Time
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1 1 MICHAELA MANNOVA BYU -Utah 13:28
2 2 CHELSEA SMITH BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII 13:48
3 3 ASHLEH CALDWELL UCLA 13:54
4 4 JENNA TIMINSKY UCLA 13:56
5 5 ALISON COSTELO UCLA 13:59
6 6 VALERIE FLORES UCLA 14:06
7 7 MARIE NILSSON SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 14:08
8 8 SARAH WEST UCLA 14:21
9 9 EMILY RAYMOND BYU- UTAH 14:22
10 10 AMBER HARPER BYU-UTAH 14:25
11 11 ALLISON HALL UCLA 14:29
12 12 KRISTY BAIIS BYU- UTAH 14:33
13 13 ANNE HEINER BYU- UTAH 14:37
14 14 TIFFANY RUST BYU- UTAH 14:38
15 15 JAMI CALDWELL BYU- UTAH 14:40
16 16 EMILY CASTRO UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 14:40
17 17 MELISSA MCBAIN UCLA 14:43
18 18 CHRISTAL CUADRA SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 14:47
19 19 JESSICA OAKES UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 14:49
20 20 JANINE BROWN HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSTIY 14:51
21 21 RACHEL MILLER HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSTIY 14:52
22 22 JANAY COVINGTON UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 14:52
23 CARMEN WINANT UCLA 14:53
24 23 CHANTELLE LAAAN UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA 14:58
25 24 DANA BUCHANAN UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA 15:03
26 25 ERIN DEMCHKO UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:08
27 26 ALLISON BARLOW UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:13
28 27 GINA DIPIERO UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:14
29 28 STEPHANIE PATTERSO UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:17
30 29 TINA TERRY UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:18
31 30 KYLIE EDWARDS SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 15:20
32 31 JUSTINE WHIPPLE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:23
33 BETHANY KAUFFMAN UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:23
34 COLLEEN MALONEY UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:26
35 32 SHAWNA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 15:35
36 CALTLYN HARRINGTON UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:35
37 JULIANN JORDON UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 15:35
38 33 CHRISTIAN FAIRING SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 15:35
39 34 CELESTE TYSON SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 15:38
40 35 MONICA SU UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA 15:42
41 36 LARA HERNANDEZ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HILO 15:44
42 37 ALLISON BROWN SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 15:50
43 38 LARA BACHMEIER UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HILO 15:50
44 39 DANIELLE ZELINSKI UC SANTA CRUZ 15:51
45 40 COLLEEN CASSIDY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HILO 15:56
46 41 HEIDI FRANK UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA 15:59
47 42 TERIE LITTLEPAGE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 16:00
48 43 HEATHER POSTEMA HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSTIY 16:00
49 44 JENNY BELL UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA 16:03
50 45 TINA FODOR SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 16:04
