Hoosiers Close Make Strong Marks at Notre Dame Invitational

Friday, October 2

South Bend, Ind.

Indiana University

Notre Dame Joe Piane Invitational

Hoosiers Close Make Strong Marks at Notre Dame Invitational

10/2/2026 1:15:00 PM | Cross Country

Results

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The men's and women's cross country teams concluded their competition at the Notre Dame Joe Piane Invitational on Friday morning with personal best times and a top-5 finish from the star freshman.

The women's 5K Blue Division started the morning of competition with Katy Zang running another strong race. She finished second overall with a time of 15:35.34. This is Zang's third consecutive top-three finish in as many races.

Lily Myers and Maddie Rocchio followed with times of 16:35.28 (PR) and 16:52.95 to finish 24^th and 32^nd, respectively.

Michaela Quinn (17:12.90) and Joey Rastrelli (17:15.18) found the final two scoring finishes to put Indiana in fifth place.

In the men's Blue Division 8K, Liam Bauschke (23:46.6; PR) and Sam Quagliaroli (24:20.0) were the top finishers for the Hoosiers, finishing 23^rd and 42^nd, respectively.

The Hoosiers also saw Dylon Nalley (24:28.1; 54^th), Tony Provenzano (24:33.7; 64^th), and Alex Bruns (24:40.0; 71^st) round out the scoring finishes to place ninth.

In the open races, the women's team saw strong performances from Veronica Hargrave (17:32.11) and Sadie Foley (18:14.32), each placing in the top-20.Jackson Gackenheimer also finished in the top-25 of the men's race with his time of 25:13.87.

UP NEXT
Indiana will head back to Bloomington before traveling back to Terre Haute for their next competition. The Hoosiers will participate in the Indiana State Pre-National meet on Friday, October 16 before getting ready for postseason competition.

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