Lady Owls Place 4th at CCC Meet, Morrow Earns All-CCC
Women's Cross Country
November 04, 2022
TALENT, Ore. –
Kira Morrow put herself in position for a potential bid to the NAIA National Championships, earning All-Cascade Conference honors at the CCC Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, at Colver Road Fields.
COMPLETE RESULTS
Morrow and the Lady Owls had their best performance of the season, placing fourth overall in a field of eight teams – the ninth-straight season OIT has recorded a finish of fourth or better at the Championship.
The senior clocked a time of 19:39 on the water-logged course to place 14th overall.
Hannah Mason narrowly missed All-CCC honors, placing 17th (19:51).
"The women's team was outstanding today," said OIT head coach
Mike Anderson. "We beat two teams that defeated us at the preview meet in September. It was a phenomenal performance by Kira and Hannah – they gutted the race out in extremely tough conditions."
As a team, OIT finished with 136 place points, ahead of Eastern Oregon (142), Bushnell (166), Corban (174) and Walla Walla (200). College of Idaho dominated the race, sweeping the podium to win with 17 place points. Southern Oregon took second (49), with Lewis-Clark State in third (83).
McKenzie Morgan was the Lady Owls third finisher, placing 28th (20:52), with
Rachel Newhard in 44th (21:56) and
Mackenzie Peterson (22:33) in 49th.
OIT will learn if runners earn at-large bids to the NAIA Championships next week.
