Cross Country Finishes 24th At NCAAs

April Thomas placed 42nd overall to lead the Rams

Thomas narrowly missed All-American honors.
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Nov. 20, 2006

Complete Results

The Colorado State women's cross country team today finished 24th at the NCAA Championship with 475 points. Junior April Thomas led the Rams with her 42nd place finish.

Thomas crossed the finish line in 21:33.0 for the six-kilometer course, missing All-American honors by just two spots (top 30 Americans earn the honor), and she was the second athlete from the Mountain West Conference across the line.

Senior Nicole Feest ran a 22:20.3 to finish 124th overall and 93rd in the scoring, while senior Danielle Korb and sophomore Kirsten Anthony finished 145th and 146th, respectively. Sophomore Kristen Hemphill, recovering from walking pneumonia, finished 156th overall to round out the scoring, while sophomores Heather Loseke and Ashlee Velez were 219th and 240th, respectively.

Stanford won the women's race, while Colorado was the men's champion. Sally Kipyego from Texas Tech was the individual champion on the women's side, while BYU's Josh Rohatinsky was the men's champion.