NCAA Women's Individual Results
NCAA Women's Team Results
BEREA, OH – Rowan University’s Jena Peacock competed at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The championships were held at the Highland Hills Golf Course and hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College.
Peacock (so. Williamstown, NJ/Our Lady of Mercy Academy) finished 274th overall with a time of 26:11.9 on the 6K course. The individual title winner was St. Lawrence University’s Wendy Pavlus in 21:28.0. Wis.-Eau Claire took the team championship with 171 points.
Peacock qualified for the national championship after finishing second at the NCAA Atlantic Regional with a personal best time of 21:38.4 over the 6K course. She was one of seven individuals that advanced from the regional to the NCAA Championships. At last year’s regional, Peacock was 25th with a time of 24:12.
This year, Peacock finished in the top ten at every race and recorded two first place victories. She won the individual title at the DeSales University Invitational with a time of 22:54.32 and crossed the finish line second at the Colligate Track Conference Championships (21:56.61). She was also eighth at the Paul Short Invitational and sixth at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational with times of 21:53 and 18:13 (5K) respectively.
At the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championships, Peacock came in first with a time of 22:03.90. She earned her second straight NJAC All-Conference first team honor and was named the NJAC Runner of the Year. As a freshman, Peacock was selected the NJAC Rookie of the Year.
This year’s NCAA Women’s Cross Country Championships included 32 teams and 56 individuals.