TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Ranked 11th nationally, South Carolina’s women’s cross country team closed the regular season with another podium finish Friday, taking second at the Crimson Classic.
The Gamecocks totaled 42 points in a 19-team field, trailing only host and 10th-ranked Alabama’s 17. Carolina’s five scorers all finished among the first 12 of 184 runners on a course of about 5,891 meters at Harry Pritchett Running Park, and the team sat 90 points clear of Mississippi State in third.
Salma Elbadra led the way for the first time this fall, clocking 19:24.2 for fifth. Freshman Louise Bailly was sixth, two seconds later. Seniors Abir Reffas and Anya Arroyo crossed ninth and 10th, and junior Teresa Cherotich was 12th in 20:09.9.
Four additional Gamecocks landed in the top 30 outside the scoring five, led by freshman Ella Nighbor in 16th.
Postseason racing begins Oct. 30 at the SEC Championships in Columbia, Mo., followed by the NCAA Southeast Regional on Nov. 13 in Spartanburg. Friday’s meet wrapped the regular season before the SEC Championships.
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