Northwestern wrapped up its regular season with a seventh-place finish at the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday.
Despite coach Jill Miller’s typical top-five runners — senior Katherine Hessler, graduate student Kalea Bartolotto, junior Fiona Lenth, freshman Anna Delgado and junior Ava Earl — resting this weekend, the Wildcats’ rotated squad held their own against a pack of runners from across the region.
Setting out at a blistering 5:51.8 per mile pace, graduate student Adele Magaud led the way for NU this weekend with a 21:51.70, finishing 33rd. Just four seconds later, sophomore Skye Ellis capped off her race with a 35th place 21:55.40 time.
While senior Emily Casaclang set a 22:31.95 6k personal best in her last race — the Loyola Lakefront Challenge — the Burleigh Waters, Australia native shaved off another 14 seconds Friday, crossing the finish line in 65th place with a time of 22:17.90.
Juniors Abbie Draheim, Deepti Choudhury and Whitney Currie, and graduate student Rachel Sessa, rounded out NU’s top seven.
With the regular season now in the rearview mirror, the ‘Cats will shift their focus to postseason preparations. Miller and company now look ahead to the Big Ten Championship at Wisconsin in two weeks.
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