Full race results
MADISON, Wis. – Competing in their most challenging non-championship meet of the season, the No. 20 San Francisco women's cross country team placed 20th in the 49-team 6-kilometer race on Friday afternoon at Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.
Elena Burkard continued her standout freshman season, leading the Dons with a 52nd place finish. Burkard, who helped then-No. 23 San Francisco to a second place finish in the Toledo Bubble Buster on Sept. 21, paced the Dons with a time of 20:29. The Dons again bested their WCC foe BYU (24th place).
Eva Krchova, who earned her second consecutive Track & Field All-America Honorable Mention selection last year, finished second on the Dons' squad and in 81st place overall (20:43).
Senior
Chloe Treleven ranked third for USF (20:54), while
Alice Baker finished five seconds behind her teammate (20:59). Baker shaved an impressive 43 seconds off her previous season best 6k time, which came at the Stanford Invitational two weeks ago.
Twenty of the top 30 teams in the country competed in the Adidas Invitational, including six of the top 10, including No. 2 Arizona, No. 3 Washington, No. 5 Iowa State, No. 7 Stanford, No. 9 Cornell and No. 10 Michigan State.
The Dons finished with 531 points, as No. 5 Iowa State took home first place honors with 109 points. Cal Poly freshman Laura Hollander blistered her way to first place overall finish with a time of 19:33.
San Francisco will now prepare for the WCC Championships on October 27 at Pier Park in Portland, Ore.
