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NCAA Pre-Nationals a success for Butler men’s and women’s cross-country

The Butler women’s cross-country team runs by Holcomb Garden in the morning. The team competes again on Oct. 20 at the University of Illinois.

The Butler men’s and women’s cross-country teams secured top-15 performances at NCAA Pre-Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky on Oct. 14. The women’s team finished 11th out of 54 teams while the men captured 14th place in a field of 51 teams.

The teams ran the same course as the 2017 Cross-Country National Championships in mid-November.

The women were once again led by sophomore Josephine Thestrup who finished fifth, completing the 6k course with a time of 21:11.