RESULTS

San Francisco, Calif. – It was a record-breaking day for Tigers' freshman Lindsay Wourms at the USF XC Invite on Saturday, September 1. In her first-ever collegiate race the Camas, Washington native, shattered the school freshman record with a personal best 18:49 in the 5K run to place 26th. 

The finish for Wourms was 15 seconds better than the freshman record set last season. With the run, she moved into third all-time in Pacific Cross Country history for a 5K event.  Wourms sits just 14 seconds back from the all-time school record for a 5K set by Kristina Hammerstrom in 2008.

As a team, the Tigers finished in ninth place with an overall team time of 1:38:41.20. The overall team time was the best in school history for a 5K race. Pacific finished with an average time of 19:44.24. 

Another freshman that highlighted the Tigers day was Becky Grabow from Carson City, Nevada. She finished with a time of 19:04 to set a 13 second personal record and tie the previous freshman 5K mark that was beaten today by Wourms. The finish was good for 39th place in the event.

Finishing in the third position for Pacific was freshman Mia Knipper in 76th place with a personal record time of 20:01.30, quickly followed by fellow freshman Lauren Nakaso with a time of 20:02.30 for the 77th spot.

Rounding out the Orange and Black's top five was freshman Grace McManus with a time of 20:43.40, good for 103rd place out of over 180 runners. 

Head Coach Josh Jones was thrilled with his team's opening day performance saying, "We had a very solid day, five freshman led the way for our team and it couldn't have been a better start for our season.  We had four personal bests and a team record for overall time." He added, "The ladies have been a hard working group these last three weeks and it shows. To run the way we did without fresh legs is a great start to our 2012 season."

The Tigers return to action next weekend when they head to Arcata, Calif. for the Humboldt State invite on September 8.