Ashland, NE – Making her collegiate debut at the 2025 Platte River Rumble Gold, freshman Rebecca Duran (El Paso, TX/Chapin) paced the No. 12 Indian Hills Women's Cross Country team with a 53rd place finish at Mahoney State Park. As a team, the Warriors placed ninth overall.
Duran clocked in with a time of 19:07.3 to lead the Warrior women on Friday night as the freshman posted the fourth-fastest 5k time in program history. Duran was the fifth junior college athlete to cross the finish line in the 100 athlete field.
Sophomore standout Tiffani Koonce (Prairie City, IA/Prairie City-Monroe) crossed the line in 58th place for the Warriors with a time of 19:16.1. Koonce cut off nearly 50 full seconds from her freshman performance at the 2024 Platte River Rumble on the same course.
Freshman Cindy Rose (Brown's Town, Jamaica/Holmwood Technical) checked in right behind Koonce in 59th place with a time of 9:17.8 to round out the top-three for the Warriors. Claire Hayward (Eddyville, IA/Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont) and Shmyhia Morris (Memphis, TN/Whitehaven) rounded out the team scoring while freshman Abby George (Albia, IA/Albia) made her collegiate debut on the course for the Warriors.
Indian Hills is back in action Friday, September 19 for the Bradley Intercollegiate at Detweiller Park in Peoria, IL.
NEW YEAR - WHAT TO KNOW
Fans can keep up the Indian Hills Cross Country squads all year long through a number of ways:
- X (formerly Twitter): @IHCCAthletics | @IHCCRunning
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- Website: www.indianhillsathletics.com
- Catch up with the history of Indian Hills Cross Country: IHCC Women's XC Record Book | IHCC Men's XC Record Book
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