Kostarellis, Musketeers Wrap Up Action at NCAA Great Lakes Regional

Friday, November 15

Madison, Wis.

12:30 p.m.

Xavier University

NCAA Great Lakes Regional

Kostarellis, Musketeers Wrap Up Action at NCAA Great Lakes Regional

11.15.19 | Cross Country

Results

Junior Anna Kostarellis placed 11th out of 215 runners on Friday afternoon

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

MADISON, Wis. - Xavier men's and women's cross country wrapped up action at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday afternoon. The meet was hosted by Wisconsin at Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.

Junior Anna Kostarellis paced the women's team with an 11th place finish (out of 215 runners) in the 6K race. Her finish was the highest by a Xavier runner since Madeline Britton's finish at the meet in 2017 (12th place - 20:53).

The Xavier women placed 10th overall (out of 31 teams), tying the program's highest finish. The Musketeers have finished 10th in the regional three times and most recently in 2015.

The Xavier men placed 26th (out of 29 teams). John Hautz led the team, placing 110th (out of 201 runners) in the 10K race.

WOMEN - TOP 5

11. Anna Kostarellis - 20:33.80
68. Maya Hannagan - 21:48.80
76. Courtney Klatt - 21:56.70
79. Madeline Dingle - 22:01.10
86. Jennifer Prial - 22:08.40

MEN - TOP 5

110. John Hautz - 32:55.20
115. Brady Harless - 32:58.40
153. Will VanAlstine - 33:49.20
174. Andrew Dietrich - 34:51.10
177. Lucas Houk - 34:54.20

QUOTING COACH ORNER

WOMEN
"Today was a good day for our women's team. I really thought we could be as high as 8th but 10th is a solid improvement from last year. Not having Jenna in our lineup made things challenging, so with that in mind I'm really happy with a top 10 finish. Individually we had a number of improvements from last year. Maya improved by 28 places, and Courtney improved by 64 places. Anna also improved 43 places from last year to unofficially punch her ticket to the NCAA Finals."

"It was an exciting race for Anna who was up in the lead pack the entire way. She hung tough with the NCAA Champion and several other All-Americans who all had teammates running with them. The group really separated with about 600m to go and Anna faded a little but she had enough left to hold on for 11th. Qualifying for the NCAA Final has been our goal all season, so it's been a happy but emotional time since she crossed the line."

MEN
"On the men's side both Jack and Brady got it done up front for our team but we really fell off after that. I know neither the guys nor I are happy walking away as a 26th place team."