Terre Haute, Ind.--Junior Haley Oliver (Coventry, R.I.) placed 165^th (22:44.5) at the 2024 NCAA Div. III Women's Cross Country Championship, held at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
• RIC did not score as a team. MIT won the NCAA title with a team score of 128.0.
 
• There were 290 runners at the meet, which was a 6k.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Oliver was making her first-ever appearance at the NCAA Championship. She was the first Anchorwoman to qualify for the NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship since RIC Athletic Hall of Famer Sharon (Hall) Galloway '87 went in 1984.
 
• Oliver earned All-New England and All-Mideast Championship honors with a 20^th place finish (21:58.50) at the 2024 NCAA Div. III Mideast Women's Cross Country Championship on Nov. 16.
 
• She was named the Little East Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year, First Team All-Little East and was the LEC's Individual Champion with a first place finish (18:09.60) for the second consecutive season at the 2024 Little East Women's Cross Country Championship, hosted by UMass Dartmouth on Nov. 2.