November
20, 2006 STANFORD GOES BACK TO BACK AT CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Stanford women’s cross country team has won the 2006 NCAA Cross Country National Championship at the LaVerne Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. For the third consecutive season, and the fourth time in the last five years, Indiana State University hosted the event. Stanford’s top runner en route to their second consecutive championship was Arianna Lambie, who finished third with a time of 20:44. The Cardinal finished with a team score of 195 to win the event. Following Stanford in the race was Colorado, who entered the race ranked sixth in the nation, and tallied 223 points to claim second. Michigan was third with a score of 233, while Wisconsin was 262 and Arkansas fifth at 286. Individually, the race was dominated by Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego, who finished in a time of 20:11.1, winning by 26 seconds over second place finisher, Jenny Barringer of Colorado. At the race’s halfway point, Kipyego held a 24 second advantage en route to victory. Barringer finished with a time of 20:37.9, while Yale’s Lindsay Donaldson was third at 20:42.7. Rounding out the top five were, Stanford’s Lambie in fourth at 20:43.8, while N.C. State’s Julia Luca was fifth with a time of 20:47.1. The 2006 event will be known for its warmer than normal temperatures as the mercury soared near 50 degrees at race time. But times proved to be slower because over five inches of rain fell on the course in the week leading up to the event.
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