Tsai paces Commodores in regular-season finale

Event: Wisconsin Invitational
Day, Date: Friday, Oct. 14
Host: Wisconsin
Site: Zimmer Championship Course
Online Results: HERE
PDF Results: Women’s Invite Results l Get Acrobat Reader Women’s Open Results Get Acrobat Reader

In their final tune-up before the postseason, the Vanderbilt women finished 28th among a powerful field at the tradition-steeped Wisconsin Invitational on Friday. The field featured 18 teams who are ranked in the latest USTFCCCA poll, along with six teams that are receiving votes.

Continuing a season-long theme, Sara Tsai again led the way for the Commodores, finishing 39th overall with a time of 20:51.20.

Reagan Anderson was the second Vanderbilt finisher, taking 127th overall with a time of 21:44.5. She was followed by Maddie Criscione, who was 159th at 22:02.40. Also in Vanderbilt’s top five were Devon Grisbaum (169th at 22:12.3) and freshman Mailin Struck (179th at 22:27.4).

The list of ranked teams in the field included five of the nation’s Top-10 teams — No. 1 Providence, No. 3 NC State, No. 4 Washington, No. 6 Michigan State, No. 10 Boise State, — along with No. 11 New Mexico, No. 15 BYU, No. 17 Yale, No. 18 Georgetown, No. 19 San Francisco, No. 20 Syracuse, No. 21 Baylor, No. 23 Utah, No. 24 SMU, T-26. Iowa State, T-26. Penn, No. 28 Notre Dame and No. 29 Harvard.

In the Women’s Open Race, Carmen Carlos paced the Commodores by finishing 21st at 22:05.20. Ginger Hutton was 39th at 22:27.5, Courtney Kriegshauser was 59th at 23:03.6, Reagan Bustamante was 65th at 23:24.5 and Kendall Derry was 66th at 23:38.1.

The Vanderbilt men were in action on Friday, too, finishing 23rd at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Recap and results: HERE.

The Vanderbilt women and men now turn their attention to the SEC Championships, which will be held on Oct. 28 in Fayetteville, Ark.

Vanderbilt Results: Women’s Invitational Race
39. Sara Tsai 20:51.2
127. Reagan Anderson 21:44.5
156. Megan Huebner 22:00.8
159. Maddie Criscione 22:02.4
169. Devon Grisbaum 22:12.3
179. Mailin Struck 22:27.4
199. Lauren Moffett 23:09.2

Vanderbilt Results: Women’s Open Race
21. Carmen Carlos 22:05.2
39. Ginger Hutton 22:27.5
59. Courtney Kriegshauser 23:03.6
65. Reagan Bustamante 23:24.5
66. Kendall Derry 23:38.1

Women’s Open Race: Team Results
1. Michigan State 45
2. Texas A&M 108
3. NC State 113
4. Washington State 137
5. San Francisco 147
6. Minnesota 148
7. Washington 153
8. BYU 175
9. Utah 207
10. Iowa State 230
11. Vanderbilt 250
12. Wisconsin 280