Bracken & Boussedra Lead Ohio Cross Country at Bradley Pink Invite

Friday, October 18

Peoria, Ill.

4 p.m.

Bradley Pink Invitational

Bracken & Boussedra Lead Ohio Cross Country at Bradley Pink Invite

10/18/2024 6:43:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

PEORIA, Ill. – The Ohio men's and women's cross country teams had multiple athletes finish with personal-best performances at the Bradley Pink Invitational on Friday, Oct. 18 in Peoria, Ill. Both teams represented Ohio well with the women placing fifth out of 32 teams and the men finishing 12^th out of 29 teams.

Ohio's top performers of the day were junior Leila Boussedra (Worthington, Ohio) and sophomore Andrew Bracken (Westerville, Ohio). Boussedra placed 15^th out of 259 runners in the women's red 6k race with a time of 20:42.93. Bracken placed 24^th out of 265 runners in the men's red 8k race with a personal-best time of 24:19.32.

The women's race featured three other Bobcats in the top 50 finishers. Senior Kelsi Harris (Liberty Township, Ohio) took home 27^th place with a personal-best time of 21:04.46. Junior Allie Martin (Kingwood, W. Va.) followed behind in 38^th place (21:11.99) and freshman Kaitlyn Stewart (Floyd Knobs, Ind.) placed 45^th with a PR of 21:18.86. Junior Alyssa Mason (Dublin, Ohio) rounded out the top 100 finishers, finishing 74^th with a time of 21:40.96. Sophomore Eliza Streit (Plain City, Ohio) also made an impressive improvement on her PR, finished 103^rd with a time of 21:57.93.

In the men's race, junior Franklin Angelos (Parkersburg, W. Va.) was the second Bobcat to cross the finish line. Angelos placed 44^th overall with a personal-best time of 24:33.91. Ohio's next best finishers were sophomore Charlie Slates (Gahanna, Ohio), junior Sam Beeler (Cincinnati, Ohio) and sophomore Nick Kennedy (Hurricane, W. Va.). Slates finished 101^st with a time of 25:00.78, Beeler finished 108^th with a time of 25:07.22 and Kennedy finished 130^th with a time of 25:18.99.

The Bobcats will be back in action at the Mid-American Conference Championships in Muncie, Ind. on Saturday, Nov. 2.

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