While the women’s cross-country team is one of the most experienced in recent memory, it was a freshman who led the way for Auburn at the SEC Championships in College Station, Texas, on Friday.
Brenda Kigen, a native of Kenya running in her first postseason event in college, placed fourth at the meet, running a 19 minute, 58 second 6K.
Kigen led the Auburn women to a sixth-place finish with 164 points.
Despite falling just short of the team’s goal of placing in the top 5, coach Mark Carroll was pleased with the performance of his runners.
“Brenda had an amazing performance,” Carroll said. “To finish in fourth place in the most competitive conference as a freshman is absolutely spectacular. We had a strong performance by the women’s team to improve on last year’s finish.”
Senior Redatu Semeon placed 20th with a 24 minute, 14 second 8K in the men’s race to lead the Tigers to an eighth place finish.
Reilly Shaw was selected for the SEC All-Freshman team after placing 34th with a time of 24 minutes, 39 seconds.
Both Auburn teams will return to the course at the NCAA South Regional on Nov. 13 in Tuscaloosa.
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