WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Out at the JDL Fast Track in North Carolina, the Lobos’ goal was to qualify to the NCAA Championships.
The University of New Mexico’s distance medley relay team of Sophie Connor, Holly Van Grinsven, Emily Hosker-Thornhill and Calli Thackery ran a superb time of 11 minutes, 8.95 seconds at the UCS Invitational on Saturday.
That time, which is officially converted down to 11:01.86 due to track size, ranks seventh in the NCAA and all but guarantees the quartet a spot at the NCAA Championships next month in Birmingham, Ala.
The top 12 relay teams in both the DMR and 4×400 meter relay advance to the national meet.