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Blue Devils Close Regular Season with Strong Running at Nuttycombe Invitational
10/14/2022 4:40:00 PM | Cross Country
MADISON, Wis. – Competing amid loaded, nationally-ranked men's and women's fields at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday, Duke cross country closed out the regular season with strong running at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.
Duke's performance was highlighted by the men's squad beating out four ranked teams - No. 11 Iowa State, No. 14 Gonzaga, No. 20 Harvard and No. 27 Michigan State. As a whole, the Blue Devils produced five top-100 individual finishers across the men's and women's fields – Amina Maatoug (28th), Dalia Frias (67th), Chris Theodore (57th), Owen MacKenzie (77th) and Zach Kinne (91st).
In the team standings, the men placed 19th with 495 points, while the women finished 32nd with 676 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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"Today was a great step for both women's and men's programs. Our men's team finished 19th in a very competitive field, and they executed the race plan exactly how I wanted. Chris Theodore and Owen MacKenzie both had a great day leading the team and we packed up extremely well. I couldn't be more proud of this group and we are building great momentum as we head into championships season.
Our women are young and continue to grow each week. We had a very strong effort from Amina and Dalia leading our women's team and all of the women in our top five finished right around where I thought they could. We will go back to the drawing board with a couple of individuals and see what went wrong as we look toward ACC's. I do believe this was a great learning opportunity for this team. As we build for the future, we need to learn how to race in a field as competitive at Nuttycombe and it will pay off down the road." – head coach Angela Reckart.
UP NEXT
The Blue Devils return to the Panorama Farms course in Charlottesville, Va., to open postseason competition at the ACC Championships on Friday, Oct. 28.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeTFXC."
#GoDuke
Duke's performance was highlighted by the men's squad beating out four ranked teams - No. 11 Iowa State, No. 14 Gonzaga, No. 20 Harvard and No. 27 Michigan State. As a whole, the Blue Devils produced five top-100 individual finishers across the men's and women's fields – Amina Maatoug (28th), Dalia Frias (67th), Chris Theodore (57th), Owen MacKenzie (77th) and Zach Kinne (91st).
In the team standings, the men placed 19th with 495 points, while the women finished 32nd with 676 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- For the third consecutive meet, Amina Maatoug and Dalia Frias were the top-two finishers for the Duke women.
- Maatoug ran her 6K in 20:20.3 to place 28th, followed by Frias who clocked 20:37.8 for 67th.
- Ashlyn Ramos (21:10.5), Katie Hamilton (21:58.1) and Karly Forker (21:59.1) were the next three Blue Devils to finish.
- Chris Theodore, Owen MacKenzie and Zach Kinne led the charge for the Duke men. The trio ran their respective 8K races in 23:48.8, 23:56.9 and 24:01.0, respectively, with Kinne making the biggest leap jumping 22 spots over the final 2000m.
- Sam Rivera (24:05.6) and Nick Dahl (24:32.0) rounded out the top-five finishers for the men's squad.
- The full results can be found here.
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"Today was a great step for both women's and men's programs. Our men's team finished 19th in a very competitive field, and they executed the race plan exactly how I wanted. Chris Theodore and Owen MacKenzie both had a great day leading the team and we packed up extremely well. I couldn't be more proud of this group and we are building great momentum as we head into championships season.
Our women are young and continue to grow each week. We had a very strong effort from Amina and Dalia leading our women's team and all of the women in our top five finished right around where I thought they could. We will go back to the drawing board with a couple of individuals and see what went wrong as we look toward ACC's. I do believe this was a great learning opportunity for this team. As we build for the future, we need to learn how to race in a field as competitive at Nuttycombe and it will pay off down the road." – head coach Angela Reckart.
UP NEXT
The Blue Devils return to the Panorama Farms course in Charlottesville, Va., to open postseason competition at the ACC Championships on Friday, Oct. 28.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeTFXC."
#GoDuke
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