HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country finished 24th out of 52 teams at the Jacksonville State Southern Showcase Friday morning. After timing issues delayed the release of the results Friday, the final outcomes were posted Saturday morning.
Sophomore Hadessah Austin paced the Screaming Eagles as she finished 26th out of 471 runners. She finished the five-kilometer race in 17 minutes, 18.6 seconds, a time that ranks her third all-time at USI on the grass.
Junior Ellie Hall was neck-and-neck with Austin throughout the first 14 minutes of the race but fell off the pace before finishing 90th with a time of 18:06.2.
According to the live results, USI was in 21st place in the 52-team field with a projected point total of 503 through the first 1.6 kilometers. Hall had a slight lead over Austin at the first split as the two were 43rd and 45th, respectively.
Austin, though, moved up to 33rd with 1.8 kilometers to go in the race, one spot ahead of Hall. USI maintained its positioning when the racers hit the 3.2k split and was tied with Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee Tech with a projected point total of 544. Tennessee Tech finished 22nd with 563 points, while USI finished with 589 points.
The Screaming Eagles were bunched up with their No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 finishers. Sophomore Addison Applegate was 176th, while freshmen Lilyanna Blais and Charlee Gibson were 177th and 179th, respectively.
Junior Sara Livingston and sophomore Abrielle Richard rounded out the Screaming Eagles’ top seven with respective finishes of 198th and 209th.
USI returns to action next Friday, September 19, when it competes at the Oscar Moore Invitational in Carbondale, Illinois.
This story was updated following the release of the final results Saturday, September 13 at 1:15 p.m. (CDT)
