COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 17, 2025) – Six Cowgirls and one Cowboy posted personal bests as Wyoming finished 12th on the men's side, led by senior Jacob White's Top 10 finish, and 29th on the women's at the Pre Nationals meet in Columbia, Mo., Friday morning.

COWBOYS
The Cowboys were paced for the fourth time this season by White as he crossed the line seventh, his best finish at a Pre National meet. White fought to keep his place in the front pack early, rising four places between the 2k, 3k and 4k split, ultimately finishing with a time of 23:12.2. This time sits as T-5 in program 8k history and gives White four of the Top 15 times.

Senior Mathis Chavand moved to the second Cowboy finisher for the first time this season when he ran a time of 23:43.6 for 20th overall. His largest jump was at the 2k split when he rose 18 places to get in to the Top 30.

Senior Ryker Holtzen struggled to keep his position late in the race but still finished 58th with a time of 24:14.5. He peaked at the 4k mark in 30th before losing ground until the 7k split and settling at his finish position.

Coming fourth for the Cowboys was senior Mac Zastrow. He took 102nd with a time of 24:44.6. While he fell in position following the 2k mark, he gained back major ground in the last 1,000 meters, rising 13 spots to the finish.

Closing out the Wyoming scoring five was redshirt-freshman Tanner Brown.  He made his way back into the Cowboy Top 5 with a finish of 25:02.1 for 132nd in the 267-finisher field. Starting at the 5k mark, Brown gained 35 spots to round out the scoring five and move Wyoming up two team places in the last 1k.

Other finishers for the Cowboys were junior Aidan Ramsey running to 147th at 25:10.7, sophomore Nolan Hoffman with a personal-best time of 25:15.2 for 155th and sophomore Meyer Smith taking 258th with a time of 27:46.7.

COWGIRLS
The Cowgirls saw their first repeat leader of the year when redshirt-freshman Claire Engelhardt began Wyoming's scoring for the day. She ran a major personal best of 21:20.3, an over 2-minute improvement from her last best, for 133rd in the 339-finisher field.

Graduate Marina Trave came next for Wyoming with her finish of 149th, crossing the line at 21:30.7. She took a large leap in the last 1k that helped move Wyoming up five team places late into the race.

Sophomore Hanan Aldelemy finished 151st with a personal best time of 21:31.8. She rose 10+ positions at every split since the 3k mark.

The first three Cowgirl finishers, Engelhardt, Trave and Aldelemy, all had tremendous position gain throughout the race. All nearly moved up 50 spots from where they began at the 1k split.

Sophomore Muriel Jones also posted a personal best when she ran a time of 21:39.6 for 165th. While she gained ground at the 3k and 4k marks, she fell some to close the race after peaking at 140th.

To close the Cowgirl scoring five, Brionna Holso came in 204th and crossed the line at 21:39.6, a personal best. In a similar fashion to Jones, she peaked at the 4k mark before losing ground in the last kilometer.

Other notable finishers for the Cowgirls were sophomore Gracie Uhre and redshirt-freshman Elliana Zock. Uhre ran a personal best of 22:16.0 while Zock ran her best 6k time at 22:21.7.

UP NEXT
Cross country will start postseason action at the end of the month when they race at the Mountain West Conference Championships, Oct. 31, in Fresno, Calif.

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