About halfway into the Mountain West Conference Championship women’s cross country race, University of New Mexico coach Joe Franklin saw that his team had an opportunity for something unprecedented, something special.
The nation’s top-ranked UNM women seized the opportunity Friday morning on the 6-kilometer course at UNM North Golf Course. They grabbed the top seven spots, and with the top five produced the perfect score of 15 to capture their 14th straight MWC title, extending their record of most league championships in any sport in conference history.
UNM freshman Amelia Mazza-Downie won the race in 19 minutes, 37.