Women's Cross Country Finishes Top 20 at NCAA South Regionals

Friday, November 11

Huntsville, Ala.

9:30 a.m. (EST)

University of North Florida

NCAA Regionals

Photo by: Michael Wade

Women's Cross Country Finishes Top 20 at NCAA South Regionals

11/11/2022 2:00:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

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Leen Leads Ospreys in 81st Overall

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - North Florida women's cross country earned an 18th-place rank at the NCAA South Regional meet on Friday morning. The Ospreys finished one mark higher than last season's race where they finished 19th out of 32 teams.

Isa Leen led the Ospreys for the second time this season with a time of 21:37.4 that earned her 81st overall. Leen quickly moved up 17 slots between the first two checkpoints and put together a great finish that only missed her personal-best record by roughly three seconds.

Emma Jane Schlageter narrowly finished in the top 100, punching in a time at 21:53.2. Schlageter finished her season as a top-two runner for the Ospreys in all five meets on the year.

UNF finished over marquee competitors in the regional meet, such as Georgia, Miss State, UAB, FIU and Memphis. They also placed better than fellow ASUN teams, Stetson and North Alabama.

FINISH LINE

Both Leen and Schlageter placed inside the top 100 on Friday after not having any Ospreys place in the top 100 last season.
Mia McLain moved up two slots from the 4.22k checkpoint, earning the third-best time for UNF in 118th overall.
McLain also earned a new lifetime mark in the 6k at 22:06.0.
Ella Chandler was the top freshman of the three that the Ospreys ran in this meet, as she finished 139th, which just missed her lifetime mark in the 6k by eight seconds.
Hannah Martin and Jada Williams finished right behind Chandler with times times at 22:34.6 and 22:46.1 respectively.
Neve Moulai recorded a mark of 22:57.3 in the 6k to round out the Osprey group.
The three freshmen, Chandler, Williams and Moulai, made their career debuts in the NCAA South Regional meet.

SEASON WRAP UP

The women's team wrapped up their 2022 cross country season with strong team performances and improvements from each individual. Their best performance was the first-place rank at the home-opening UNF Invitational. Other notable meets include the top-five finish at the ASUN Championship and the top-10 finish at the Alabama Crimson Classic. Emma Jane Schlageter led the Ospreys throughout the season as the lead runner in three of their five meets, with Isa Leen finishing as the top runner for two meets.

PIGG'S POINTS

Coach Pigg gives out his thoughts on each team's performance at the NCAA South Regionals!#SWOOPLife pic.twitter.com/hXY7s7bGHI
— UNF X-Country/T&F (@OspreyXCTF) November 11, 2022