Pascoe Primed for 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships

Saturday, November 23

Terre Haute, IN

11:15AM

Florida Gators

NCAA Championships

Pascoe and Ole Miss' Joyce Kimeli led the pack at last Friday's NCAA South Regional Championships in Tallahassee.

Pascoe Primed for 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships

Thursday, November 21, 2019 | Cross Country

By: Carroll Rich

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – After consecutive runner-up finishes and USTCCCA All-South Region honors at the NCAA South Regional Championships, Florida women's cross country standout Jessica Pascoe will cap a remarkable senior season this weekend with her return to the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana. Indiana State University will host the championships, Saturday, Nov. 23, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, as the women's race will begin at 11:15 a.m. ET, followed by the men's race at 12:15 p.m. Admission to the event will be $10 per person (cash only), while NCAA cross country fans not in attendance can watch live and on-demand content and coverage of the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on FloTrack.org.

Pascoe marks the Florida women's first individual qualifier for the NCAA Championships since Marny Westphal qualified back-to-back in 1992 and 1993.

Last season, the Gators finished 16^th as a team at the 2018 NCAA Championships in Madison, Wis., though, Pascoe will serve as the lone Gator competing on Saturday to finish out her cross country career in the blue and orange.

A two-time USTFCCCA All-South Region and All-SEC First Team honoree, Pascoe approaches this weekend's competition in pursuit of consecutive USTFCCCA All-American accolades after placing 32^nd at last year's national meet. USTFCCCA All-America status is awarded to finishers 1-40 from each race at the NCAA DI Cross Country National Championships.

Pascoe currently sits ranked 22^nd nationally among the FloXC women's individual rankings entering the final weekend of competition.

XC All-South Region - Pascoe — Jessica Pascoe among All-South Region honorees at NCAA South Regional Championships last Friday, Nov. 15.

The 2019 season has been a historic one for Pascoe and the Florida women's cross country program, as the senior has added several career milestones to her resume. Pascoe kicked off the season becoming only the second Gator in program history to notch four top-5 finishes after earning her second consecutive individual title at the Mountain Dew Invitational (9/14) – adding the Florida women's sixth-straight MDI title. She followed with her second individual title at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational (9/27) en route to nabbing back-to-back SEC Women's Runner of the Week honors for her performance early on in the season. Pascoe was then tabbed the USTFCCCA DI Women's National Athlete of the Week (10/15) after adding her third consecutive individual title of the season at the FSU Invitational (10/11), in which the Florida women also won as a team. Pascoe would then conclude her streak with her fourth title at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/19) to become the first UF women's runner to notch four consecutive individual titles in a season.

Postseason competition, with a seventh-place finish at the 2019 SEC Championships in Lexington, Ky. and runner-up performance at the NCAA South Regionals, has now set Pascoe up to leave it all out on the course in her final race on Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind.

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