Kate Smith was not nervous. Although the Illini Challenge was her first meet as a Missouri Tiger, the freshman felt eager for the race.
“I was just more excited to be racing again and finally do something after a long summer of training,” she said.
The Tigers raced at the University of Illinois on Friday. The women finished third out of three teams and the men finished second out of two teams. However, neither the men nor the women sent their top runners to Illinois. They will run next week in the Forest Park Cross-Country Festival.
Smith led the women, finishing in third place out of 26 runners.