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IOWA CITY, Iowa ? Senior Kayte Tranel and freshman Ari Goldstein were named to the All-Midwest Regional Team as they led the Husker women to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday.
Tranel placed eighth in a career-best 6K time of 21:09 to edge out Meghan Armstrong of Iowa and secure a spot in the NCAA Championships, while Goldstein will await a possible at-large bid as she placed 10th in a career-best time of 21:14. She was the top freshman finisher at the meet.
The women scored 142 points as a team and may be invited to compete at nationals as a team as 13 at-large bids will be selected tomorrow by the NCAA.
“Both Kayte (Tranel) and Ari (Goldstein) ran really good races,” Head Coach Jay Dirksen said. “They were lights out. As a team, we ran our best race of the year. This is a big improvement from a year ago. The future certainly looks bright for our women’s team.”
All seven Nebraska women place in the top 80.
After Tranel and Goldstein, freshman Natalja Zarcenko and junior co-captain Kim Pancoast were 37th (22:26) and 39th (22:30), respectively.
A trio of sophomores in Channing Anseth (48th, 22:43), Betsy Miller (63rd, 23:02) and Joslyn Dalton (23:25) rounded out the Nebraska women.
The men suffered from the loss of sophomore Peter van der Westhuizen, who was forced to drop out of the race due to injury, but freshman Brian Parr (82nd) stepped up once again as the top men’s finisher in 33:26. Junior co-captain Bryce Dickmeyer (92nd, 33:45) and freshman Chris Clymer (97th, 33:57) also cracked the top 100. Junior co-captain Aaron Nasers was 156th in 34:04, while freshman Kyle Custer did not race due to injury. With only four runners, the men did not place as a team.
“Our men ran solid,” Dirksen said. “They are just a young group of runners still learning what college cross country is all about, but they will continue to develop.”
The NCAA Championships will be held Nov. 21 in Terre Haute, Ind. Check back to Huskers.com for more information.