2019 Ohio State Buckeyes Women's Cross Country

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Current Ranking: #20

8/30 @ Miami (OH) Invitational - 1st/4
9/14 @ Commodore Classic (@ Vanderbilt) - 2nd/20
9/28 vs. Buckeye Preview- 3rd/12
10/18 @ Nuttycomb Wisconsin Invitational (@ Wisconsin) - 13th/36
11/3 @ Big Ten Championships (@ Ohio State) - 5th/14
11/15 @ NCAA Regional Championships (@ Madison, WI) - 4th/31
11/23 @ NCAA Championships (@ Terra Haute, IN) - 23rd/31

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Opening their season, the lady Buckeyes claimed a first place finish at the Miami (OH) Invitational among a field of 4 full teams. OSU finished in 1st with just 19 points, followed by Miami (48 points), Indiana (70 points) and Kentucky (89 points).

Ohio State individuals finished in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 9th place among scorers for the team. The leader for the Buckeyes was junior, Abby Nichols with a time of 21:18.8 to take gold overall.

Next up, Ohio State will head to the Commodore Classic in Nashville, Tennessee on September 14.

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In their second meet of the season, it was great performances for the Buckeyes, as they finished in 2nd place out of 20 teams at the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt. Ole Miss took the meet title with 76 points, followed by OSU with 92 points, and Indiana in 3rd with 99 points. Leading the way for the Buckeyes with a 4th place finish was Lainey Studebaker with a time of 21:10.7. OSU had 2 runners finish in the top 10, and 3 in the top 25. All of their top 5 finished in the top 34.

Next up, Ohio State will host their own invitational next Saturday (Sep. 28th).

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In their own meet, the Buckeye Preview, the ladies finished 3rd overall as a team in a field that consisted of 12 teams. Michigan won the team title with 41 points, followed by Illinois with 61 and the Buckeyes with 74 points. Most of the field consisted of Big Ten teams (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan State, Northwestern and Rutgers). Also in the field were Miami (OH), Toledo, Vanderbilt, Temple and Grand Valley State.

Leading the way for OSU was Lainey Studebaker (2nd) and Abby Nichols (5th) who both set personal bests.

Up next, Ohio State will head to the Nuttycomb Wisconsin Invitational in Madison on October 18.

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The Buckeyes competed in the nation's elite cross country meet of the year on Friday afternoon. They competed at the Nuttycombe Invitational hosted by Wisconsin. The ladies finished 13th out of 36 teams, scoring 393 points. Their final placing included outscoring three top 20 teams including Oregon (#14), Syracuse (#15) and Minnesota (#18).

Leading the way for OSU was Abby Nichols with a personal best time and finishing 28th overall. Other Buckeye personal bests were from Julia Rizk and Allie Guagenti.

Arkansas won the race by a land slide, scoring 62 points. Stanford was 2nd with 98 points. While North Carolina State finished 3rd with 203 points.

Next up is the Big Ten Championships on November 3rd. The Buckeyes will host the conference championships.

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Hosting the Big Ten Championships on Sunday, the Buckeyes finished 5th out of 14 teams. Michigan State won the team title with 56 points, followed by Wisconsin (62 points), Michigan (88 points). Penn State (138 points) and Ohio State (144 points) rounded out the top 5.

Abby Nichols was the top finisher for the Buckeyes, finishing 5th with a PR time, and earning 1st team all-conference. Julia Rizsk finished 17th in a PR time, while Lainey Studebaker finished 21st. Rounding out the top 5 for the Buckeyes were Allie Gaugenti (48th) and Kalee Soehnlen (60th).

Next up, Ohio State will head to the NCAA Regional Championships for a chance to head to nationals on November 15th in Madison, Wisconsin.

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OSU raced to a 4th place finish at the regional championships on Friday, scoring 134 points. They finished in 4th place out of 31 teams. Three Buckeyes finished as All-Region runners. Abby Nichols (9th), Lainey Studebaker (21st) and Julia Rizk (22nd) were the top 3 Buckeye finishers, all earning All-Region.

Ohio State will now wait until tomorrow to learn if they earned an at-large bid for the national championships (which they should).

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The ladies will be competing for a national championship this Saturday. Although they did not earn an automatic bid from regionals to the national race, they did earn an at-large bid as a top 25 team.

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The best women's cross country team in school history? It's very possible. The ladies finished 23rd at the national championships this past weekend, the highest team finish in women's cross country in school history. Abby Nichols led the way for the Buckeyes, with a 41st place finish.

Arkansas won the team championship, followed by BYU and Stanford.