TERRE HAUTE, Ind.— History was not going to repeat itself twice and as a result, history was made on Saturday morning at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
With the clock reading 19:47.5, University of New Mexico junior Weini Kelati crossed the finish line to win her first cross country national championship, and became just the second in UNM cross country history.
Kelati finished over nine seconds (9.6) ahead of the runner-up finisher, Alicia Monson of Wisconsin, and led from the first split at 2K to the finish line.
As a team, the Lobos continued their excellence in the turquoise with a fourth-place result, tallying 168 points to mark their fifth time finishing in the top four, including three in the last four years, and their 10th consecutive time finishing in the top 10.