Blue Knight Women's Cross Country

Cross Country Concludes Season at G-MAC Run

For the first time in the Urbana University cross country programs' 5 years of existence, the Blue Knights ended their fall season at a conference championship meet. On Saturday morning at Cedarville University, the Blue Knights completed their first season under Head Coach Kevin Horne. Six runners competed for Urbana. Nationally ranked Cedarville won the men's and women's inaugural G-MAC Championships on their home course. On the women's side, the Blue Knights were once again paced by freshman Jackie Smith. Smith led the Blue Knight pack for the third straight race. She fell about a minute shy of her own school record in the 5K, crossing the finish line in 23:58.36. Read More

5 Blue Knights Set Personal Bests at WC

Oct. 12th, 2012

In the fifth race of the fall season, five Blue Knight cross country runners ran personal bests at the Wilmington College Fall Classic on Friday night. Dylan McCubbin and Patrick Malloy on the men's side, and Jackie Smith, Jade Roark and Sara White from the women's team all broke personal records to pace the Blue Knights on a crisp autumn night. Neither team was able to log a team result as each ran a runner short of the five necessary to post a team score. However, the men's team average of 32:51.50 in the 8K would have been enough to defeat 3 of the 34 teams in the field, and the women's team average of 23:39.25 in the 5K was a season best and faster than at least one other team in the women's field. Read More

Records Continue to Fall for UU Cross Country

Sep. 29th, 2012

For the third consecutive race, a group of Urbana University women's cross country runners continued their assault on the Blue Knights' record books. Running at the All-Ohio Championships hosted by Cedarville University, Blue Knights Jackie Smith, Jade Roark and Sara White all finished with Top 10 times in the program's five-year history. In each of the past two races, it was Roark who came out on top with a new school record, but on Saturday, her fellow freshmen Smith took the team crown and became the first female Blue Knight to run a sub-23-minute 5K. Senior Sara White was right on Roark's heels, crossing the finish line in 24:25.95. The time is a new personal best for the four-year Blue Knight. Entering this season, White's best time was a school record 24:36.15, ran at the Wilmington Fall Classic during White's freshman year. Read More

More Records Fall for Women's Cross Country Team

Sep. 15th, 2012

Urbana University cross country runners Jade Roark and Jackie Smith (pictured) continued their assault on the program's record books on Saturday morning. Just one week after notching the top 2 times in program history, the new duo did it again at the Cedarville University Friendship Invitational. Roark again led the way with a school record 5K time of 23:10.87, and Smith stayed right on Roark's heels, crossing the finish line exactly 9 seconds later in 23:19.87. Smith's time was more than a minute faster than her time at last weekend's race, while Roark trimmed almost 55 seconds off her school record pace. Read More

Roark and Smith Smash School Records at OWU

Sep. 8th, 2012

Urbana University freshmen cross country runners Jade Roark (pictured) and Jackie Smith ran the two fastest 5K's in school history on Saturday at the Ohio Wesleyan University Invitational. Roark crossed the finish line first in a time of 24:05.3, smashing teammate Sara White's school record by over 30 seconds. Smith was right behind Roark at 24:24.3. Her time also beat White's old school record of 24:36.15, which had stood since White's freshman year in 2009. As a team, the Blue Knights finished 11th out of 11 teams, but every runner made significant improvements. Roark trimmed more than 3 minutes off her time at last week's Flyer 5K. Smith was over a minute faster. Read More