Pascoe Caps Strong Senior Campaign at NCAA Cross Country Championships

Saturday, November 23

Terre Haute, IN

11:15AM

Florida Gators

NCAA Championships

Pascoe Caps Strong Senior Campaign at NCAA Cross Country Championships

Saturday, November 23, 2019 | Cross Country

NCAA Women's 6k Results

By: Carroll Rich

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Florida women's cross country standout Jessica Pascoe's admirable senior season came to an end on Saturday morning, as the senior capped the year off finishing 86^th at the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships at the LaVern Gibson Championships Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. Pascoe concludes one of the most successful seasons in Florida cross country history garnering four individual titles, six top-10 finishes, and back-to-back All-SEC First Team and USTFCCCA All-South Region recognition on the year.

New Mexico's Weini Kelati nabbed the NCAA individual title, finishing in 19:47.5, while the Arkansas women (96 points) earned the NCAA team title, followed by BYU (102 points) and Stanford (123 points).

The LaVern Gibson Championships Cross Country Course featured chilly weather conditions of 35 degrees and light rain entering the women's 6k race Saturday morning. Pascoe would get off to a good start in the race, hanging within the top-40 runners early on through the 2k and 4k splits. As the race progressed through the last 2k, runners made their final pushes, seeing Pascoe place within the top-90 to cross the line in 86^th-place (21:10.4) out of 252 of the nation's best collegiate runners.

Pascoe's time of 21:10.4 marks the 10^th fastest 6k time in program history for NCAA Championships competition.

With the conclusion of her final race of the 2019 season, Pascoe's resume puts her amongst the likes of many Gators greats listed in the record books of the Florida women's cross country program. Below is a look at Pascoe's accolades throughout her cross country career:

ACCOLADES:

2018 USTFCCCA All-American (32nd at NCAA XC Championships)
2018, 2019 USTFCCCA All-South Region
2018 SEC Women's Runner of the Year
2018, 2019 All-SEC First Team
2x USTFCCCA Division I Women's National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 30, 2018, Oct. 15, 2019)
4x SEC Women's Runner of the Week (Sept. 16, 2018, Sept. 25, 2018, Sept. 17, 2019, Oct. 2, 2019)
2016 SEC All-Freshman Team

RECORDS:

Holds fastest women's 6k time in program history (18:54.98 - 2018)
Holds fastest women's 6k time in Florida SEC Championships history
Second fastest women's 5k time in program history (16:13.87 - 2018)
- Holds fastest women's 5k time at Mark Bostick Golf Course
Fourth all-time in NCAA Championships women's 6k time (20:31.7 – 2018)
Fifth all-time in NCAA South Region women's 6k time (20:14.2 - 2019)
Seventh all-time time in individual top-10 finishes (16)
First UF women's runner to notch four consecutive individual titles in a season
Second Gator to notch four top-5 finishes in the Mountain Dew Invitational since Genevieve LaCaze (2008-11)

THOUGHTS FROM ASSISTANT COACH CHRIS SOLINSKY:

"I'm proud of Jess. She executed the race plan we set very well. She felt great through 4K, but the effects of a lengthy sickness really caught up to her that last 2k. She fought hard, but sickness and the conditions won out today."

NCAA DIVISION I CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION:

Venue: LaVern Gibson Championships Cross Country Course
Women's 6K race: 31 teams, 252 runners
- Individual: Weini Kelati (New Mexico)
- Team: 1. Arkansas; 2. BYU; 3. Stanford
UF Runners Competing: Jessica Pascoe