Cross country thrives despite cold weather
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Competing with temperatures hovering in the low 20s and with 20 mph winds blowing, TCU's Mary Kinyanjui and Ami Butler finished 45th and 57th respectively at the NCAA Women’s Cross Country Championships, held at the Irv Warren Golf Course in Waterloo, Iowa Monday.

Kinyanjui, who was named the South Central Region Female Athlete of the Year Saturday, completed the 6K course in 20:51.5. The junior from Kiambu, Kenya was the Conference USA champion and the South Central Regional champion. Butler covered the 6K distance in 20:56.3. Earlier this season she earned runner-up honors at the Conference USA meet and was third in the regional competition. Shalane Flanagan of North Carolina won the event in 19:30.4. Stanford captured both the men's and women's team titles.

Kinyanjui and Butler were just the second and third female cross country runners from TCU to compete at the NCAA Championships, joining former distance standout Glady's Keitany.