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ZIMBABWE’S female sprinter Vimbayi Maisvorewa on Friday found herself in uncharted territory when she represented her school in the United States.
According to reports from Huntsville in Alabama, United States, Maisvorewa, who is more of a sprinter than a middle-distance athlete and is an indoor track All-American, made her cross country debut, running a time of 20:59.38 at the Southern Showcase in Huntsville, Alabama.
The race was a 5km event and Maisvorewa, who is on an athletics scholarship at Auburn University in the United States, did not make it into the top 10. Freshman Alexandra Walsh and sophomore Ava McIntosh led the Auburn women’s cross-country team at the Southern Showcase in Huntsville on Friday as Walsh finished with a time of 17:48.14 and McIntosh crossed in 17:48.38 on the 5km course at John Hunt Cross Country Running Park.
“Today was a bit of a rust buster for our group,” Auburn cross country coach Aaron Kindt told reporters after the race. “We set out to work on a handful of things, particularly an aggressive first mile. Although we did not hit on every goal today, I believe we were able to take a lot of useful experiences from this meet.”
The Auburn women finished 13th of 49 teams with 387 points.
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