Oct. 18, 2008

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Redshirt freshman Julia Whitrock paced the Green Wave women's cross country team Saturday at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival. Senior Keriann Langley was the second Wave runner across the line in her season debut, as Tulane placed 21st of 39 schools at the prestigious event.

Whitrock ran the 6K race in 22:35, earning 77 points and placing 78th overall. It was the second 6K race of the season for Tulane, and Whitrock topped her time at the LSU Tiger Festival by seven seconds.

Langley, who'd missed the first three races of the season, turned in a time of 22:52, for 108th. She was followed by sophomore Rebecca Coady, who came in 113th with a time of 22:54. Senior Aubrey Phillips picked up 142 points in 148th place, traveling the course in 23:30. Hot on her heels was freshman Johanna Gretschel, who also posted a 23:30, placing 151st.

Freshman Jessica Dallager (26:23, 258th) and Caitlin Hornbeck (27:30, 278th) served as displacing runners for the Green Wave.

Sally Kipyego, a senior from Texas Tech won the event in 19:26, as the Red Raiders took home the team title.

The Green Wave are back in action in two weeks at the Conference USA Championship, which will be a 5K women's race.

TULANE RESULTS
 Pl  Pts   No. Name                   School    Cl  Time    Pace
 78   77   640 Julia Whitrock         TULANE    RS 22:35.71  6:04
108  105   642 Keriann Langley        TULANE    SR 22:52.45  6:09
113  110   646 Rebecca Coady          TULANE    SO 22:54.69  6:09
148  142   641 Aubrey Phillips        TULANE    SR 23:30.08  6:19
151  145   644 Johanna Gretschel      TULANE    FR 23:30.73  6:19
258  228   645 Jessica Dallager       TULANE    FR 26:23.50  7:05
278  244   643 Caitlin Hornbeck       TULANE    SO 27:30.12  7:23
2008 CHILE PEPPER FESTIVAL - TEAM RESULTS
 1. TEXAS TECH             1    3    9   20   39  (59) (62) =    72
 2. ARKANSAS               7   16   17   25   36  (98)(108) =   101
 3. SMU                    4   19   26   41   49  (51) (72) =   139
 4. VIRGINIA TECH          2   15   31   35  100 (122)(139) =   183
 5. BOSTON COLLEGE        24   27   43   44   47  (58) (91) =   185
 6. TEXAS                 13   38   48   60   61  (65)(156) =   220
 7. TEXAS A&M             11   32   76   82   84  (90)(113) =   285
 8. MISSOURI STATE         6   29   33  115  117 (154)(161) =   300
 9. SAN FRANCISCO         23   40   70   87   88 (123)(152) =   308
 10. BAYLOR               52   55   66   68   71  (86)(134) =   312
 11. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT     34   57   64   78   89  (99)(109) =   322
 12. WAYLAND BAPTIST       5    8   97  130  150            =   390
 12. ALABAMA              18   21  107  119  125 (147)(171) =   390
 14. OKLAHOMA             12   30   56  132  167 (189)      =   397
 14. IPFW                 22   28   96  102  149 (164)(174) =   397
 16. AUGUSTANA            45   73   75   94  112 (127)(143) =   399
 17. TAMU-CORPUS CHRISTI  14   81   92  106  111 (129)      =   404
 18. TCU                  53   54   74  101  124 (128)(182) =   406
 19. SOUTH DAKOTA         10   67  137  144  153 (155)(162) =   511
 20. TRINITY              42   85   95  126  197 (232)(238) =   545
 21. TULANE               77  105  110  142  145 (228)(244) =   579
 22. REND LAKE COLLEGE    50  104  133  160  169 (198)(211) =   616
 23. TEXAS-ARLINGTON      83  116  121  141  158 (201)(248) =   619
 24. NEBRASKA             79   93  120  166  172            =   630
 25. MIDWESTERN STATE     69  136  138  148  173 (179)(185) =   664
 26. ORAL ROBERTS         37   46  190  202  212 (218)(225) =   687
 27. HENDRIX              63  118  178  221  230 (235)(240) =   810
 28. ARKANSAS STATE       80  177  180  191  194 (214)      =   822
 29. LAMAR               140  151  157  204  206            =   858
 30. LSU                 103  170  186  200  207 (234)(237) =   866
 31. MISS.-KANSAS CITY   131  135  168  195  250            =   879
 32. ARKANSAS TECH       146  163  183  188  210 (220)(222) =   890
 33. EAST CENTRAL        165  176  181  187  196 (215)      =   905
 34. SW OKLAHOMA STATE   114  192  216  219  224            =   965
 35. TEXAS AT TYLER      193  199  209  217  227 (243)(249) =  1045
 36. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 175  184  223  229  246 (254)      =  1057
 37. BAKER UNIVERSITY    203  208  231  233  245            =  1120
 38. CENTENARY           205  213  226  236  241 (242)(247) =  1121
 39. CLOUD COMM. COLLEGE 159  239  251  252  253            =  1154