LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Five of the eight SCAC women's cross country teams were in action this past weekend.
Centenary
College
The Centenary Ladies competed at the Mook 5 Invitational in
Ruston, La., finishing fourth on the day. Kayla Thornhill
finished 38th with a time of 27:37.90. Christy Wolterman
finished one spot back of Thornhill with a time of 27:51.80 with
Catherine Shackelford in 40th with a time of
27:57.90. The Ladies will compete next weekend at the
Ken Garland Invitational in Denton, Texas.
Colorado
College
Led by a 21st-place finish by sophomore Allie Crimmins, the
Colorado College women's cross country team posted a fifth-place
finish Saturday at the 2014 CC Invitational in North Monument
Valley Park. Crimmins, running in her first meet of the season,
knocked off nearly a minute off her time from the same race last
year with a 6k time of 24 minutes and 53 seconds. Senior
Rebecca Lavietas followed in 24th place among the
47 scoring collegiate runners with a time of 25:11, while sophomore
Katie Sandfort posted a time of 25:19, good for a
26th-place finish. The Tigers run at the
Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla., next
Saturday.
University of
Dallas
The University of Dallas Women's cross country team
placed fifth in the East Texas Invite last
weekend. Senior Clare Myers upped her fastest time
to a season-best 19:25.9. The senior racer led the Lady Crusaders
with a ninth place finish, her second top-ten of the campaign.
Myers previously posted 19:37 minute races in the first two
competitions this year. Dallas competes in the Wisconsin
Lutheran College Warrior Invite on Oct. 4th. Location is set to be
in West Allis, Wisconsin.
Texas Lutheran University
The Texas Lutheran women's cross country teams finsihed in sxith
place of the non-Division I category at the UTSA Ricardo Romo
Classic this past weekend. TLU Women's Cross Country scored
136 points. The Bulldogs were led by Sarah Fritzsche,
who finished 78th overall with a time of 21:02. Fritzsche was 14th
among non-DI runners. Jasmine Medrano and Haley
Cortez finished in the second and third spots for
TLU with times of 21:17 and 23:01, respectively. The
TLU women will be in action next weekend as they travel to Boston,
Mass. for the Codfish Bowl.
Trinity University
The Trinity Tigers women’s cross country team won
the Non-Division I title Friday night at the UTSA/Ricardo Romo
Classic. Four Trinity women’s runners
placed in the top-10 standings in the 5,000-meters event, led by
senior Michelle Oberndorf’s fourth-place finish (19:32.8).
First-year runner Melissa Whitman came in at No. 7 (19:57.7),
senior Genevieve Primeau was ninth (20:27.1), and first-year Lexi
Phelps posted a 10th-place finish
(20:30.2). Trinity’s teams will
compete October 4 at the Chile Pepper Invitational at Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
Austin College, Schreiner, and Southwestern did not compete this weekend.
