Donnay and King lead women’s XC at Regional

Friday, November 11

Iowa City, Iowa

11 a.m.

South Dakota State University

NCAA Midwest Regional

11/11/2016 2:45:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Results

Women's XC claims 13th at NCAA Midwest Regional

IOWA CITY, Iowa—Emily Donnay earned all-region honors and Rachel King provided an outstanding performance of her own to lead the South Dakota State women's cross country team to a 13^th-place finish Friday morning at the NCAA Midwest Region Championships in Iowa City, Iowa.

"One of the goals was to have two all-region performers," said head coach Rod DeHaven. "Obviously, we barely missed that, but I think Emily [Donnay] and Rachel [King] took next step. Not just today, but all year long. Now they realize what it takes and how good they can really be. The team ran smart today, and it was probably our best race of the season. I am proud of their effort, and I think that they should be proud of their effort as well."

SDSU finished with 396 points for 13^th place. Donnay led the way for the Jackrabbits, finishing in a 6K personal-best 20:48.0 for 23^rd place. King wasn't far behind, also finishing with a personal-best time of 20:49.2 for 26^th place. Both runners had set their previous 6K marks at the Bradley Classic earlier this season. Sophomore Emily Berzonsky was the third Jackrabbit finisher, posting a time of 21:45.8 for 86^th place. Junior Halie Mechels (112^th, 22:05.1) and freshman Kendra Dykstra (155^th, 22:36.7) finished off the scoring for the Jackrabbits.

Also competing for the Jacks were Jamie Schweiss (185^th, 23:03.0) and Emma Nelson (223^rd, 24:07.8).

Missouri won the Midwest regional title with 83 points, and Oklahoma State finished runner-up with 89 points to earn the other automatic bid for the NCAA Championships.

Notes

13^th is the Jacks best-ever finish at the Midwest Regional since they began competing at it in 2008. The previous best was 15^th place (2012 and 2013).
Four of the Jackrabbits seven competitors—Donnay, King, Berzonsky, and Dykstra—set new 6K personal-bests at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

-GoJacks.com-