Photo Credit: Arkansas Sports
Beavercreek (OH) gaduate and Gatorade National Track and Field Athlete of the Year Taylor Ewert got her NCAA career off to a rousing start on Saturday, winning her first collegiate race at the SEC Preview in Baton Rouge.
Ewert ran 16:53.70 for 5K, setting a new lifetime best for the distance as she paced the Razorbacks, the defending NCAA champions in cross country, to a perfect 15 points over a ranked Ole Miss and LSU, Mississippi State and Texas A&M.
Freshman Corie Smith, a graduate of Buchanan (CA), was fifth overall and former Keller (TX) standout Isabel Van Camp, a sophomore, was ninth. Freshman London Culbreath, a graduate of McKinney North, did not compete.
SEC Preview Individual Results
WOMENS 5000 METER RUN FINALS PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT POINTS 1 Taylor Ewert University of Arkansas 16:53.70 1 2 Abby Gray University of Arkansas 16:55.20 2 3 Logan Morris University of Arkansas 17:02.80 3 4 Lauren Gregory University of Arkansas 17:07.60 4 5 Corie Smith University of Arkansas 17:13.30 5
SEC Preview Team Results
TEAM SCORES PLACE TEAM POINTS SCORERS TIMES 1 University of Arkansas 15 1+2+3+4+5 (9+13) 0:19 1-5 Split | 17:02 Avg 2 University of Mississippi 46 6+7+10+11+12 (14+22) 0:22 1-5 Split | 17:33 Avg 3 Louisiana State University (LSU) 96 15+17+19+21+24 (26+33) 0:40 1-5 Split | 18:13 Avg 4 Mississippi State University 103 8+20+23+25+27 (28+30) 1:26 1-5 Split | 18:21 Avg 5 Texas A&M University 126 16+18+29+31+32 1:33 1-5 Split | 18:47 Avg