Whitrock Leads Tulane at Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival

Oct. 18, 2008

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Redshirt freshman Julia Whitrock paced the Green Wave women's cross country team Saturday at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival. Senior Keriann Langley was the second Wave runner across the line in her season debut, as Tulane placed 21st of 39 schools at the prestigious event.

Whitrock ran the 6K race in 22:35, earning 77 points and placing 78th overall. It was the second 6K race of the season for Tulane, and Whitrock topped her time at the LSU Tiger Festival by seven seconds.

Langley, who'd missed the first three races of the season, turned in a time of 22:52, for 108th. She was followed by sophomore Rebecca Coady, who came in 113th with a time of 22:54. Senior Aubrey Phillips picked up 142 points in 148th place, traveling the course in 23:30. Hot on her heels was freshman Johanna Gretschel, who also posted a 23:30, placing 151st.

Freshman Jessica Dallager (26:23, 258th) and Caitlin Hornbeck (27:30, 278th) served as displacing runners for the Green Wave.

Sally Kipyego, a senior from Texas Tech won the event in 19:26, as the Red Raiders took home the team title.

The Green Wave are back in action in two weeks at the Conference USA Championship, which will be a 5K women's race.

TULANE RESULTS
 Pl  Pts   No. Name                   School    Cl  Time    Pace
 78   77   640 Julia Whitrock         TULANE    RS 22:35.71  6:04
108  105   642 Keriann Langley        TULANE    SR 22:52.45  6:09
113  110   646 Rebecca Coady          TULANE    SO 22:54.69  6:09
148  142   641 Aubrey Phillips        TULANE    SR 23:30.08  6:19
151  145   644 Johanna Gretschel      TULANE    FR 23:30.73  6:19
258  228   645 Jessica Dallager       TULANE    FR 26:23.50  7:05
278  244   643 Caitlin Hornbeck       TULANE    SO 27:30.12  7:23