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The last few weeks, life has been nothing but a whirlwind for Karissa Schweizer.
The junior won the NCAA championship on Nov. 19 in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the first women’s championship in Missouri cross-country program history.
“It’s been crazy, but it just shows how supportive the whole school has been in wanting to recognize how cross-country has been doing,” Schweizer said.
Schweizer, who won five out of the six races she ran in for the Tigers this season, won her championship in dramatic fashion. In the final 400 meters of the 6K race, she waited back and kept pace while watching Michigan senior Erin Finn take a late lead.