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Women's Cross Country Fourth at KIAC Championship

WXC2015
Kylie Lang

Women's XC | 11/7/2015 8:14:00 PM

RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The WVU Tech women's cross country team finished in fourth place at the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) Championship Saturday morning. The Golden Bears were led by sophomore Ivy Aleshire who placed third overall with a time of 19:22.

Point Park University won the competition followed by the host school, University of Rio Grande, Asbury University and the Golden Bears.

Tech's second finisher was junior Halina Carrera, clocking a time of 20:50 for a 14th place finish in the 58-runner field.

The Gold and Blue's third, fourth and fifth runners finished with freshman Gjenine Galloway leading the way in 18th place at 21:07. Junior Kylie Lang crossed with a time of 22:03 for a 29th place finish and fellow classmate Atiyyah Herron rounded out Tech's top five with a 31st place finish (22:09).

Also running for WVU Tech on Saturday was freshman Sierra Seay (46th | 24:24).

The All-KIAC teams were selected based on the final results of the meet, the top-five make up the All-KIAC First Team, and finishers 8 through 14 were named to the All-KIAC Second Team. Aleshire earned first team accolades while Carrera was named second team.

The Golden Bears will now head into the offseason as they look to prepare for their 2016 campaign.
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Players Mentioned

Nikki Aleshire

Nikki Aleshire

5' 3"
Sophomore
Halina Carrera

Halina Carrera

5' 5"
Junior
Kylie Lang

Kylie Lang

4' 11"
Sophomore
Atiyyah Herron

Atiyyah Herron

5' 3"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Nikki Aleshire

Nikki Aleshire

5' 3"
Sophomore
Halina Carrera

Halina Carrera

5' 5"
Junior
Kylie Lang

Kylie Lang

4' 11"
Sophomore
Atiyyah Herron

Atiyyah Herron

5' 3"
Junior