CROSS COUNTRY

pushed through a lot of little things I faced during the race,” Nichols said.

Freshman Emily Covert 31st 19:51.8 was the only other Colorado runner to finish the race in under 20 minutes. Rachel Mcarthur (20:09.4) and India Johnson (20:11.7) finished 54th and 58th respectively.

NC State took home the women’s team championship with 84 points and BYU’S Whittni Orton secured the individual title with a time of 19:25.3.

“The team, what we set out to do, we did and we’re happy and all good,” Nichols said. “I was hurt pretty much the whole summer so I’m pretty pleased that the season ended like this. I’m really proud of my teammates and how we worked so hard and we created a lot of good memories.”

The Buffaloes’ men’s team, which came in ranked fifth, finished within 13 points of fifth-place Stanford. Tulsa and BYU finished sixth and seventh respectively.

Only Herrera managed to earn All-american honors (placing in the top 40) while Andrew Kent placed 45th in 29:34.9 and Stephen Jones finished 62nd overall.

Northern Arizona took home the men’s team crown with 92 points and BYU junior Conner Mantz repeated as individual national champion with a time of 28:33.1.

“I’ve known that there were at least two other very good teams and then a big pack of teams that would exchange third through ninth,” Colorado coach Mark Wetmore told Cubuffs.com after the meet. “Unfortunately we were at the back of that pack. I thought we would be fifth and we were only 13 points away from fifth. It’s just a matter of two points per guy. They weren’t terrible, it’s just a bad year to be C+ because there are too many good teams out there.”