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Gapes Smashes Course Record as BYU Edges NC State at Pre-Nationals
NC State’s Hannah Gapes ran 18:57.6 to smash the LaVern Gibson course record, but BYU took the team title 84-88 without its top star.
Hannah Gapes put on a show, but BYU’s depth stole the day at the Pre-Nationals Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Gapes, NC State’s graduate student from New Zealand, won the women’s 6K in 18:57.6 on Friday, Oct. 16, becoming the first woman ever to break 19 minutes on the LaVern Gibson Championship Course. She lowered the course record by more than 16 seconds and won by more than 17 seconds. It continues a remarkable autumn for Gapes, who also broke the Joe Piane Invitational record earlier this season.
The team race was the bigger story. BYU, ranked No. 2 entering the meet, beat No. 1 NC State 84-88 despite missing star Jane Hedengren, who was ill. The Cougars packed seven runners into the top 30, led by Taylor Rohatinsky, who placed ninth in 19:33.1 in her season debut. Rohatinsky is racing under a temporary restraining order as her fifth-year eligibility case works through the courts.
NC State was also shorthanded, racing without the injured Grace Hartman and Sadie Engelhardt. Wolfpack coach Laurie Henes confirmed afterward that neither will race at the ACC Championships. Notre Dame finished third with 213 points and Clemson fourth with 229.
The NCAA Championships return to this same course on Nov. 21.
Photo: Kieran Inteman
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Saturday of Chaos: Five of the AP Top Seven Fall for the First Time Since 1936
College football has been playing with an AP poll since 1936. It had never seen a Saturday like this one: five of the top seven teams in the country — No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas — all lost on the same regular-season day, and the top two teams lost on the same day for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012. For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell to an unranked opponent, something that hadn’t happened since 1990.
The carnage: Auburn beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on a field goal as time expired, the Tigers’ first win there in 31 years. BYU toppled No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo behind four total touchdowns from Bear Bachmeier, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Ohio State survived Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington, snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak — but lost quarterback Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury. Tennessee’s defense strangled No. 6 Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville, holding the Crimson Tide to 201 yards. And Florida went into Austin and beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 behind first-time starter Tramell Jones Jr.
The survivors: No. 3 Miami needed two overtimes to escape Florida State 43-35 in a rivalry classic. No. 9 Ole Miss routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3, LSU blanked No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0, No. 10 Texas Tech hung 53 on Arizona State, and No. 15 Kentucky rallied to win 21-13 at Oklahoma. Michigan benched Bryce Underwood and still beat Penn State 21-18. Elsewhere, Utah edged Colorado 27-24, UCLA beat Wisconsin 17-7, Houston outlasted Oklahoma State 35-32, SMU topped Virginia 23-13, Wake Forest routed Cal 41-7, Oregon held off Nebraska 17-14, and Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night.
The new AP Top 25 tells the story of the shakeup: Miami is No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, BYU is No. 2 (20 first-place votes) and Ohio State No. 3 (9). Notre Dame sits fourth, Georgia fifth, Indiana sixth, followed by Ole Miss, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah. Tennessee climbs to No. 11 and Kentucky to No. 12, while Alabama tumbles to No. 13, LSU rises to No. 18, Texas falls to No. 19 and Florida cracks the poll at No. 20. Missouri (No. 22), SMU (No. 23), Northwestern (No. 24) and Arizona (No. 25) round out the rankings.
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