TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Oct. 16, 2026) – Wyoming cross country competed in the Under Armour Pre-Nationals Invitational, where the Cowgirls placed 15th and the Cowboys finished 24th, Friday morning.

COWGIRLS
In the women's Blue 6k, Wyoming finished 29-85-98-123-126 for a total of 447 points. The team finished ahead of Mountain Region foes Utah Valley, Utah State, Colorado State and Montana State. 15th is the best Cowgirl finish at Pre-Nationals since 2023, when they took 13th as a team.

For the third time this season, senior Eowyn Dalbec led the Cowgirls as the top finisher. She finished 29th at 20:01.4 for another personal best on the season. Dalbec rose at each 2k marker and moved five places in the final stretch of the race. Her pace of 6:45.9 was the 21st among all competitors.

Next for the Cowgirls was senior Hailey Uhre with her 85th-place time of 20:49.4, a personal best. She added 82 points to the team total after rising more than 10 spots at each marker and breaking the top 100 in the final 2k.

Junior Muriel Jones also broke the top 100 with her time of 20:35.9 for 98th. She rose 18 spots between the 2- and 4-kilometer markers before finishing with a four-spot jump.

Breaking into the scoring five for the first time this season, junior Gracie Uhre ran a time of 21:04.5 for 123rd. She ran up an impressive 61 places in the middle third of the race, and then another 33 to close the 6k.

Rounding out the scoring five, junior Sydney Morrell took 126th at 21:06.2. She moved ahead of 34 other runners before the 4k mark to seal the 15th-place team finish.

Three others ran in the Blue 6k for the Cowgirls. Sophomore Claire Engelhardt ran a time of 21:11.8 for 138th overall while juniors Brionna Holso and Hanan Aldelemy took 197th at 21:31.4 and 242nd at 21:51.4 in the 322-person field, respectively.

Four Cowgirls also ran in the White 6k: sophomore Elliana Zock, senior Madelyn Blazo, junior Ella Unrein and freshman Madison Antonino. Zock placed 17th in the race with her finishing time of 21:22.3, a personal best. Blazo crossed the line next with a time of 21:28.6 for 25th and Unrein finished not long after in 28th at 21:32.6. Antonino closed the Cowgirls' day with a time of 22:02.9 for 75th overall in the White 6k.

COWBOYS
In the men's Blue 8k, the Cowboys finished with a score of 632 for 24th after going 86-117-139-150-152. The team finished ahead of No. 26 Utah Valley, as well as Colorado State and Southern Utah, who are ranked ahead of the Cowboys in the Mountain Region poll.

Freshman Habtamu Wetzel crossed first for the Cowboys with a time of 24:13.0 in the 8k. He peaked around 75th before falling to 86th through the final third of the race. This is the third race this season that Wetzel has led the Cowboys.

Junior Solomon Holden-Betts finished next with a time of 24:23.0 for 117th. With a personal best time, Holden-Betts finished the highest he ever has in the Wyoming scoring five. He also rose 37 spots to close the race after hovering around the 150-place mark.

Next for the Cowboys, sophomore Zak Ferguson improved his standing throughout the 8k, finally finishing in 139th at 24:29.3. He made his way into the top 200 by the 5k mark before rising nearly 50 places in the final 3 kilometers.

Closing out the scoring five was junior Anton Martinez. He ran a time of 24:30.9 for 150th, grabbing the final 146 points for the Cowboys' 24th-place team finish.

Also running in the Blue 8k were freshman Owen Thiel, senior Aidan Ramsey, freshman Owen Conley and freshman Jackson Davis. Thiel rose 54 places throughout the race to finish 152nd at 24:31.8. Ramsey crossed at 24:51.0 for 217th while Conley finished at 25:09.2 for 266th overall. Davis closed out the 339-man field in 302nd with his time of 25:31.6 after gaining on 17 other competitors to the finish.

Four others ran in the men's White 8k. Sophomore Tanner Brown placed 48th at 25:17.9, rising at each kilometer marker. Junior Austin Akers nearly broke the top 50 with his finishing time of 25:19.6 in 51st. Freshman Gideon Moore and junior Nolan Hoffman wrapped the day with times of 26:12.6 (124th) and 26:25.4 (142nd), respectively.

UP NEXT
Postseason action will begin at the end of the month when the Pokes travel to Reno, Nev., for the Mountain West Cross Country Championships on Oct. 30.

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