Rohrer, Nuguse Lead The Way At Nuttycombe Invite

Full Results

MADISON, Wis. — In the final meet of the regular season, the University of Notre Dame cross country programs got a better glimpse at the national landscape against a loaded field at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational at the Zimmer Championship Course, the site of next month’s NCAA Great Lakes Regional.

The 16th-ranked Irish women placed 12th in the 36-team field, which featured 20 ranked teams in a preview of the NCAA Championship. They finished ahead of eight other top-30 opponents and were the second-highest finishing team of participating ACC schools.

The No. 13 Irish men were the top ACC team in the field, finishing 15th ahead of conference rivals No. 10 NC State, No. 12 Syracuse and No. 16 Virginia, as well as three other ranked teams.

Graduate student Anna Rohrer led the Irish women with a 10th-place finish in 20:10.3 on the six-kilometer course, followed immediately by sophomore Maddy Denner in 11th at 20:11.0. While Rohrer fell off the lead pack in the final third of the race, Denner climbed 78 spots from the first checkpoint in one of her strongest races of the season. Rohrer and Denner led all ACC finishers among the stacked championship field.

Sophomore Jackie Gaughan was Notre Dame’s third finisher in 49th place, finishing in 20:46.1. Freshman Jocelyn Long came in at 117th (21:23.2), while junior Annasophia Keller rounded out the scorers for the Irish in 149th (21:39.5). The final Irish entrant, freshman Olivia Markezich, raced to a time of 21:57.2 to place 182nd.

In the men’s 8K race, junior Yared Nuguse placed 25th in 24:03.0 to lead the Irish and was the top ACC finisher for the second straight race. He was followed by junior Andrew Alexander (81st, 24:28.8), sophomore Dylan Jacobs (83rd, 24:29.2), graduate student Tony Williams (24:48.0) and sophomore Matthew Carmody (128th, 24:49.0). Sophomore Danny Kilrea (174th, 25:06.3) and senior Peter Monahan (225th, 26:23.6) rounded out the Notre Dame contingent.

Up Next

The Irish will return to action in two weeks at the ACC Championships, hosted by Virginia Tech on Friday, November 1, in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational
Zimmer Championship Course
Madison, Wis.
Oct. 18, 2019
Women’s Championship 6K
Team Results

1. No. 1 Arkansas 62
2. No. T4 Stanford 98
3. No. 9 NC State 203
4. No. 13 Wisconsin 217
5. No. 10 Michigan State 219
6. No. 27 Northern Arizona 251
7. No. 11 Boise State 282
8. No. 21 Air Force 298
9. No. T4 New Mexico 302
10. No. T18 Furman 309
11. No. 6 Utah 309
12. No. 16 Notre Dame 336

Individual Results

10. Anna Rohrer 20:10.3
11. Maddy Denner 20:11.0
12. Jackie Gaughan 20:46.1
13. Jocelyn Long 21:23.2
14. Annasophia Keller 21:39.5
15. Olivia Markezich 21:57.8

Men’s Championship 8K
Team Results

1. No. 1 Northern Arizona 59
2. No. 5 Stanford 133
3. No. 28 Tulsa 175
4. No. 6 Iowa State 180
5. No. 20 UCLA 223
6. No. 11 Purdue 259
7. No. 15 Indiana 285
8. No. 19 Wisconsin 296
9. No. 8 Portland 299
10. No. 7 Oregon 327
11. No. 18 Michigan 334
12. No 26 Boise State 375
13. Southern Utah 391
14. No. 22 Utah State 396
15. No. 13 Notre Dame 434

Individual Results

25. Yared Nuguse 24:03.0
26. Andrew Alexander 24:28.8
27. Dylan Jacobs 24:29.2
28. Tony Williams 24:48.0
29. Matthew Carmody 24:49.0
30. Danny Kilrea 25:06.3
31. Peter Monahan 26.23.6

Women’s “B” 6K

11. Erin Archibeck 21:29.8
12. Madison Ronzone 22:05.4
13. Erin Sullivan 22:07.6
14. Katie Rose Blachowicz 22:36.7

Men’s “B” 8K

12. Brendan Fraser 24:47.2
13. Tyler Keslin 24:57.1
14. Brian Griffith 25:10.1
15. Vincent Zona 25:32.1
16. Zach Kreft 25:51.5