Hutchinson CC Sports Information
IOLA – Top 5 performances by Louise Cocking and Sheila Too had the No. 6-ranked Hutchinson Community College women's cross country team at the brink of a Red Devil Invitational championship on Saturday at Allen Community College.
No. 8 Dodge City edged the Blue Dragons by a single point, 58-59, for the team title on Saturday. The Red Devil Invitational second-place finish was the highest team finish by the Hutchinson women since the 2019 Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational.
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While their times were a bit slower than two weeks ago, Cocking and Too posted their best race finishes of their collegiate careers on Saturday and the Blue Dragons placed four runners in the Top 20, the second time in three races this season that has happened.
Cocking, a freshman, was the individual runner-up at the Red Devil Classic, posting a time of 20:02.61. Cocking's second-place finish was the highest by a Blue Dragon runner since Lisayo Ewoi won the 2018 Missouri Southern Stampede.
Only Cowley's Lubna Suied, the 2020 Terry Masterson Twilight Classic individual champion, defeated Cocking on Saturday, running a time of 19:09.12.
Too placed fourth overall, her first career Top 5 finish. Too ran a time of 20:15.99.
Freshman Izzy Wheeler was Hutchinson's third runner to finish. She was 17th with a time of 21:19.86. Right behind Wheeler was sophomore Megan Miller, who was 18th in 21:31.14.
Freshman Noel Hidalgo placed 32nd in a time of 23:01.41. Freshman Jurney Yung was 38th in 21:41.00.
The Blue Dragons will have a six-day turnaround before their next competition, the Bethel College Invitational at 5 p.m. next Friday in North Newton.