KARISSA SCHWEIZER fights back and runs 15:17 beats KURGAT (15:19)!

SHE'S BACK BABY! FIT AF!!!!!!!!!

Editor's note: Here are the results from BU.

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Name Year School Finals H#

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1 # 678 Schweizer, Kariss Missouri 15:17.31 1

2 # 694 Kurgat, Ednah New Mexico 15:19.03 1

3 # 693 Kelati, Weini New Mexico 15:37.03 1

4 # 675 Lokedi, Sharon Kansas 15:39.05 1

5 # 799 Murphy, Grayson Utah 15:44.45 1

6 # 695 Wright, Alice New Mexico 15:46.85 1

7 # 697 Henes, Elly North Caroli 15:49.29 1

8 # 733 LaRocco, Lauren Portland 15:50.25 1

9 # 676 Shanahan, Daniell Loyola Marym 15:54.30 1

10 # 519 Donegan, Rosie Battle Road 15:59.08 2

11 # 520 Rees, Holly Battle Road 16:04.37 2

12 # 585 Sang, Caroline Charlotte 16:04.60 1

13 # 800 Schmiede, Frances Virginia 16:08.94 1

14 # 521 West, Anna Baylor 16:09.81 1

15 # 732 Roberts, Aubrey Northwestern 16:10.04 2

16 # 478 Hackett, Alexandr Abilene Chri 16:14.07 1

17 # 696 Clairmonte, Domin North Caroli 16:14.92 1

18 # 479 Hackett, Michaela Abilene Chri 16:15.13 1

19 # 698 Taye, Bethlehem North Caroli 16:38.20 1

And an article from the New Mexico Lobos:

http://golobos.com/news/2017/12/2/TF_120217.aspx

Yeaaaa baby!!!!

Agree. Major comeback. Sweet vengeance. ?

She has a lot of potential at 5k and 10k. Reminds me of Emily Infeld.

But could she have beaten Tuohy today?

Nice race! Cross country is a totally different beast than track. I don't think she ran terrible at NCAAs but a slight off day with the depth in field will definitely drop you back a few places. If she bombed NCAAs, she would have probably been outside the top 25 easily.

We've merged the two threads into one.

Crazy to see the blazing times college women are dropping these days, especially during the indoor season. I remember a few years ago running in the 15:50s in December or January was a sure ticket to NCAA Indoors in March. Now it will barely scratch that top-16 spot.

Exciting to see!

5th and 6th all time NCAA performers indoor.

Yes, NCAA XC was strong this year.

Purrier 10th NCAA indoor all time performer at 3000m with her 8:55.

qz wrote:

How about all those who said she was overated because she had an off day at NCAA's XC. She just out kicked Kurgat at the 5K BU opener and several of the others that came ahead of her at NCAA's.

Dude who cares. It's December 2nd. It's great she ran fast and got a qualifier, but you act as if somehow this race matters as much as a couple weeks ago.

What's the point of already racing 2 weeks after nationals?

They are in peak shape from cross country and they get their qualifying time for ncaa indoors out of the way.

karissa dominates the kenyan who is 5 years older

a white guy from norway wins a big marathon in a fast time

white people are making a comeback!!!

just kidding, it looked like ednah wanted to go a little easier while schweizer was really working hard at the end. i understand going for a qualifying time, but i don't see the point in going all out after a long XC season. save it for the end of the indoor.

ThriceARunner wrote:

What's the point of already racing 2 weeks after nationals?

Use the race sharpness to get the fast time then go back to base for a bit.

She's a bumm like her coach Eileen halter. Lol. She Got blasted at XC nationals. Heads up other ncaa division 1 coaches, they only do mileage based work. No speed. Miz training tactics are weak and beatable.

Karissa Schweizer had something to prove and she did it. I respect that!

She just made the indoor season exciting.

I thought Grayson Murphy was good at running?

She should've proven herself DURING the xc national championship. That's when you do it!

Anything after that is failure. Her and her bum coach failed.