Sun Devils Earn T-Cup Series Point at Pac-12 Championships

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Alexis Nichols and the Sun Devil women's team earned Arizona State a vital Territorial Cup Series point Friday as ASU topped the U of A women and finished ninth at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships in Palo Alto, California.

"One of the things I said to the group was that when I was in college and ran the steeplechase, it's the first event on the track, so it was upon me to start the team off right," women's head coach Jeremy Rasmussen said. "That's how I feel about this T-Cup Series point. It's the first full point out there, and it's important for us to go out and do what we can to start our department off right and help bring the trophy back to Tempe."

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