Women’s Cross Country – Temple Update

Blanca Fernandez Places 29th at NCAA Championships

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 22:19:08 +0000

Blanca Fernandez finished her amazing season in Louisville, Kentucky finishing 29th out of a field of 254, placing in the top 30 with a time of 20:20:7. The top 40 received All-American Honors by the USTFCCCA. Even though she came into the race as the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Champion, and was undefeated in six races, she wasn’t able to keep up with the pack, but did stay within striking…

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Blanca Fernandez Wins NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship

Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:44:25 +0000

Blanca Fernandez continues her dominant season. After winning the American Athletic Championship just a couple of weeks ago, she just won NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships with a time of 20:52. It was the sixth time she took first place this year. Coach Snyder was very excited about the accomplishment for Fernandez saying: “It’s been a progression throughout the entire year.

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Women’s Cross Country Makes Temple History

Sun, 01 Nov 2015 01:33:15 +0000

In Greenville N.C., Blanca Fernandez continued her dominance at the American Athletic Conference Championship, and made history as Temple’s first Women’s Cross Country Conference Champion. She had a season best time of 20:06 in the race – her fourth title this year. Coach James Snyder said regarding Fernandez, “That’s never happened on the women’s side. Having her take that win over Emily and…

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Women’s Cross Country – Princeton Cross Country Invitational

Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:07:10 +0000

Blanca Fernandez continued her dominance as she won her fourth race this season at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational in Princeton, NJ. She has won in every race she has competed in this season. Blanca finished with a time of 20:58:5 in a field of 206 competitors in the 6K race. She wasn’t the only one that was successful, Sophomore Katie Pinson finished 42nd with a time of 22:26:7…

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Cross Country-Jack St. Claire Memorial Championship

Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:59:52 +0000

While Temple was busy crushing Tulane at the Linc, 6 cross country members, 5 from the men, and 1 from the women’s competed at the Jack St. Claire Memorial Championship at Belmont Plateau. All five men who competed, finished in the top 25, led by strong performances by Junior Praneeth Gottipati, who led Temple with a third place finish, while running the 8k race with a time of 28:31.

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Women’s Cross Country- 42nd Annual Paul Short Run

Mon, 05 Oct 2015 03:49:27 +0000

Where would Temple’s Women’s Cross Country be without Blanca Fernandez. She cruised to first place with a time of 20:27 for th 6K race at the 42nd Annual Paul Short Run in Bethlehem this morning, in what has been a pretty dominating season for her up to this point, but she wasn’t the only one who had a great success. View More » ]]>