Women's Cross Country | 08.29.2025
RESULTS
CHENEY, Wash. – Led by sophomore
Damaris Kibiwot, the No. 16 LC State Women's Cross Country team had a successful start the 2025 season with a tie for fourth at the Clash of the Inland Northwest. Kibiwot placed ninth overall in the NCAA Division I-heavy field as the top non-DI finisher.
The Warriors tied for fourth with DIII Whitworth and totaled 130 points with just five runners in the race.
"Damaris had a fabulous day and worked her way up through the field through the entire race," coach
Mike Collins said. "Grace (Tiegs) and Camille (Ussher) also ran well, and I am extremely proud of Nuala (Rollins) and Lilly (Gilbert) in their first races. They came through, especially considering we only had five women that were ready to go today. We have a couple of weeks to continue to prepare before we see our first 6k race, so I know we will be focused. Today's results might provide some good incentive to buckle down, but we're really trying to look at the big picture and today is just a few pixels in that picture."
Kibiwot ran almost 30 seconds faster than last year's race in Cheney with an impressive time of 14:41.5 to place ninth in a crowd of DI competitors.
Camille Ussher finished 31
st overall with a personal-best 4k time of 15:33.1, and fellow senior
Grace Tiegs was 32
nd (15:36.5).
The first-year duo of
Nuala Rollins and
Lilly Gilbert made their collegiate debuts at the meet and placed in the top 60. Rollins clocked a time of 16:24.2 to finish 47
th and Gilbert was 59
th (17:10.6).
UP NEXT
The Warriors hit the course next on Sept. 12 at the Cougar Classic, hosted by Washington State in Colfax.
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