SAVOY, IL – Four Terps posted personal-best marks on Friday morning as Maryland finished 15^th overall at the Big Ten Cross Country Championship hosted by the University of Illinois at the Orange and Blue Golf Course.
 
Rose Coats led Maryland with a 28^th-place finish crossing the line in 20 minutes, 1.2 seconds – just 1.3 seconds off her personal-best and school-record mark set at the Princeton Fall Classic.
 
Four Terps had personal-best times on Friday including three in the top five finishers. Katie Turk (72^nd) ran a time of 20:36.2, Eva Rogers (85^th) recorded a mark of 20:49.3 and Emmi Simon (147^th) clocked 21 minutes, 38.0 seconds on the 6K course. Emma Pegg also had a personal-best mark finishing the race in 22 minutes, 17.0 seconds.
 
Coats came off the starting line strong as she stood third after the first 1,000 meters, 5^th through 3,000 meters, and 6^th as she neared 4,000 meters. At the 5,000 meter mark she fell back to 11^th.
 
Big Ten newcomer and 17^th-ranked Oregon won the overall team title after going 1-2 among the individual finishers and placing all five of their scorers in the top-12. No. 2 Washington finished second, while 11^th-ranked Wisconsin was third.

Up Next: Maryland will return to action on Nov. 15 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in State College, Pa.

Maryland Top Five Finishers:
28. Rose Coats (20:01.2)
72. Katie Turk (20:36.2) - PR
85. Eva Rogers (20:49.3) – PR
122. Katie Altieri (21:15.6)
147. Emmi Simon (21.38.0) - PR

Team Scores:
1. Oregon - 33
2. Washington - 60
3. Wisconsin - 133
4. Penn State - 134
5. Minnesota - 146
6. Michigan State - 173
7. Northwestern - 201
8. Ohio State -226
9. Michigan -262
10. Illinois -277
11. Nebraska - 283
12. UCLA - 351
13. Indiana - 362
14. Purdue - 366
15. Maryland - 368
16. Iowa - 479
17. Rutgers - 520
18. USC - 604