Sept. 4, 2010
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Cate Westenhover won the women's individual title and Baylor cross country teams swept the men's and women's team titles at the Bear Twilight Invitational on Friday at the Baylor Intramural Fields in Waco Texas.
On the women's side, Baylor's top five runners earned top 10 finishes to score just 22 points for the team win. TCU was second with 43 points, while SMU was third with 58 points. On the men's side, Baylor finished 21 points ahead of second-place Abilene Christian with 29 total points. Texas State placed third with 100 points and TCU was fourth with 110. ACU's Amos Sand won the men's individual title.
"It was a really outstanding opener for both teams," head coach Todd Harbour said. "We really accomplished what we needed to with this meet."
Seniors Robbie Knorr and Jeff Sadler picked up where they left off last season, leading the Bears as the team's top two finishers. Knorr placed second overall with a time of 18:37.4 over the 6,000-meter course, while Sadler was fourth overall at 18:49.8.
"Our men had probably the best effort I've seen since I've been (at Baylor)," Harbour said. "Robbie and Jeff had great races. It was nice to see the depth that we have on the men's side."
Meanwhile, freshman Brad Miles made an impact in the first collegiate race of his career, placing seventh overall as the third BU finisher with a time of 19:00.7. Also scoring among Baylor's top five was Brandon Reed, who placed ninth with a time of 19:14.0 and Brandon White, who was 10th with a time of 19:14.8.
Westenhover and teammate Leigh Ann Ganzar took the top two spots on the women's side, while Kristen Hanselka finished fourth. Westenhover was the only runner to crack the 14-minute barrier on the 4,000-meter course with a time of 13:59.7. Ganzar came in next at 14:04.8, while Hankselka crossed the line in 14:11.4.
"The ladies had a really super effort," Harbour said. "Our top five ran extremely well, it was all we could expect out of them. Cate had a really nice effort to win for the women."
Katie Shaw and Samantha Patty each cracked the top 10 as well, finishing eighth and ninth, respectively. Shaw clocked a time of 14:20.1, while Patty was two seconds back at 14:22.6.
Baylor will be back on the course at the Texas A&M Invitational on Friday, Sept. 10. The University women will run at 6:20 p.m., while the University men will run at 7:35 p.m.
