Jill Walker leads Wildcats at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

Friday, September 24

Boston, Mass.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

Photo by: Andrew Yourell

Jill Walker leads Wildcats at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

9/24/2021 3:09:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

UNH places 13th out of 22 teams.

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BOSTON - Freshman Jill Walker (Simi Valley, Calif.) led the Wildcats as the University of New Hampshire women's cross country team placed 13th out of 22 teams at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown on the 5K course at Franklin Park on Friday versus national competition.

"We went in with high expectations and we still feel this team can achieve a lot," said UNH head coach Robert Hoppler. "We are also in a situation where we have to work hard to get to that point, we are looking forward to continuing with the process. We were competitive in some ways and I was very happy with the way the true freshmen ran up front. When the team led by two freshman, that says a lot about those two athletes and how well they are running."

The meet featured some of the top competition in the country including several nationally ranked teams. No. 13 North Carolina won the meet with 63 points as Tar Heel Brynn Brown won the individual championship with a time of 16:53.

Walker placed 49th out of 195 runners with a time of 18:11 to lead UNH.

TEAM SCORES:

#13 North Carolina-63

#26 Providence-82

Duke-115

#22 UConn-122

Harvard-153

Columbia-165

Syracuse-166

Yale-187

Boston College-201

UMass Lowell-262

Dartmouth-345

Iona-375

New Hampshire-400

Northeastern-400

Army West Point-420

Boston University-424

Brown-430

UMass-482

Delaware-539

Rhode Island-640

UAlbany-653

Maine-713

HOW IT HAPPENED:

After Walker placed 49th, freshman Addison Cox (Northwood, N.H.) was 63rd with a time of 18:24.
The third finisher for the Wildcats was sophomore Elizabeth Martell (Essex Junction, Vt.) who placed 100th (18:46), followed by senior Lauren Dean (Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H.) at 18:50 and a 103rd place finish.
Graduate student Nicole Yeomans (Foxborough, Mass.) ran a time of 18:57 for 115th place.

UP NEXT:

Next up for the Wildcats will be when they return to Franklin Park on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. for the New England Championship. UNH has won five of the last seven championships (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019).