The University of Southern Indiana women’s cross country team brought home a third-place finish at the Covered Bridge Open Friday in Boone, North Carolina. The Screaming Eagles finished with 74 points, with NCAA Division I Florida State winning the event.
Junior Hope Jones (Cumberland, Indiana) was the top finisher for the Eagles, placing fourth with a time of 17 minutes, 56.68 seconds. Junior Melina Gryschka (Garbsen, Germany) was sixth in her USI debut in 18:02.49.
Also scoring in her USI debut was freshman Jennifer Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana), finishing 16th in 18:28.85. Wrapping up the scoring for USI were seniors Bryce Cutler (Benzonia, Michigan) and Kate Duty(Owensboro, Kentucky). Cutler placed 32nd in 19:01.91 while Duty was 35th in 19:09.28.
Militsa Mircheva of Florida State won the 5k event in 16:53.29. USI was the top scoring NCAA Division II team and also bested four Division I schools.
The Eagles return to action in two weeks when they host the Stegemoller Classic at Angel Mounds September 16.
