Edna Kurgat wins NCAA, leads New Mexico to team title!

The Saturday before Thanksgiving each year is now the day for NCAA cross country (and Nike Border Clash).

The women’s race, over 6000 meters, had the best fans in the sport cheering them on! In the end, Edna Kurgat took the individual title, leading her team, the New Mexico Lobos, to their second win in three years!

Watching Edna Kurgat float around the course, one could see the Lobo dominating the NCAA Division 1 race like few others. And on top of that, Edna lead the New Mexico Lobos to their second NCAA division title. It was their second win at Tom Sawyer State Park.

Ednah Kurgart takes the women’s individual title! The New Mexico women also win the team title for 2nd time in the past 3 years

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Edna Kurgat ran 19:19.5, the fastest time ever on the NCAA courese. The @UNMLoboXCTF runner broke the former record, set in 2012, in 19:27.9 by Betsy Saina, then at @CycloneTrackXC.

What makes Edna Kurgat’s win even more exciting? The wind that they ran into!

Team scores: 1. New Mexico, 90, 2. San Francisco, 105, 3. Colorado, 139, 4. Stanford, 165, 5. Oregon, 203, 6. Boise State, 264, 7. Boise State, 274, 8, Furman, 280, 9. NC State, 295, 10. Wisconsin 318.

Top Ten: 1. Edna Kurgat, New Mexico, 19.19.5 CR, 2. Amy Eloise Neale, Washington, 19:27.0, 3. Charlotte Taylor, San Francisco, 19:28.6, 4. Allie Ostrander, Boise State, 19:31.2, 5. Weronika Pyzek, San Francisco, 19:34.0, for complete results: http://www.rtspt.com/events/ncaa/d1xc17/mp/

Congrats to the entire New Mexico team!

@unmloboxctf wins the #NCAAXC cross country title in Louisville! #NCAA #NCAAD1

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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