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For about the first 10 minutes after the women’s NCAA Cross Country Championship race in Tallahassee, Fla., University of New Mexico coach Joe Franklin said he felt “a little” disappointment that UNM finished third. But those feelings faded and he took pleasure in the Lobos’ accomplishments.
New Mexico’s third-place performance on Saturday morning marked the 12th straight year the Lobos finished in the top 10, and it was the sixth time in the past eight years the Lobos earned a spot on the podium reserved for the top four, which this time were champion North Carolina State (84 points), runner-up BYU (122), UNM (130) and Colorado (187).