The No. 8 University of Southern Indiana women’s cross country team finished third in a competitive field at the Conference Crossover hosted by Lewis University.
Two runners in the top-five pushed the Screaming Eagles past No. 11 Northern Michigan University for a third place finish. While the top USI runners finished second and fourth, the top finishers for No. 6 University of Minnesota-Duluth crossed the finish line in first and third to defeat the Eagles by 2 points. No. 2 Grand Valley State University took the top spot with 44 points.
Junior Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio) paced the Eagles with a second place finish in the field of 163 runners. Her time of 21 minutes, 06.58 seconds was just six seconds short of the top spot. Senior Jessica Reeves (Midland, Michigan) was also able to grab a spot in the top-five with a fourth place finish and a time of 21:15.89.
Shaving nearly a minute and a half from her 6k time at the Spartan Invite, senior Carly Whitesell(Zionsville, Indiana) was the third fastest Eagle with a time of 22:24.98, earning a 14th-place finish.
Rounding out the top-five finishers for USI were sophomore Hope Jones (Cumberland, Indiana) and junior Jessica Lincoln (Palatine, Illinois) with 21st and 35th-place finishes, respectively.
With the regular season now complete for the Eagles, the team gets two weeks off in preparation for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, which takes place October 22. Winners of the past five team championships, this year’s 6k event will be held in Rolla, Missouri.
