EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Cross Country junior Ellie Hall and sophomore Hadessah Austin raced to top 10 finishes to lead the Screaming Eagles’ women to a fifth place finish out of 19 teams at the Angel Mounds Invitational Friday morning at Angel Mounds.
The dynamic duo ran neck-and-neck throughout much of the six-kilometer race before Hall pulled away down the stretch for a sixth-place finish and 6k time of 21 minutes, 16.2 seconds. Austin was seventh in the 160-plus runner field with a time of 21:19.7.
Junior Zoe Seward was 36th with a time of 22:19.6, while sophomore Addison Applegate and freshman Lilyanna Blais were 45th and 52nd, respectively, to complete the Screaming Eagles’ top five.
USI’s top seven was rounded out by junior Sara Livingston and freshman Mackenzi Thomas, who were 56th and 67th, respectively.
As a team, the Screaming Eagles finished with 139 points. Cinicinnati (39 points), Tennessee Tech (99 points), Eastern Kentucky (110 points) and Murray State (112 points) finished ahead of USI, while Southeast Missouri State University was sixth with 212 points.
USI defends its 2024 Ohio Valley Conference title October 31 when it competes at the OVC Championships in Charleston, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles also co-host the NCAA Great Lakes Regional November 13 at Angel Mounds.
The dynamic duo ran neck-and-neck throughout much of the six-kilometer race before Hall pulled away down the stretch for a sixth-place finish and 6k time of 21 minutes, 16.2 seconds. Austin was seventh in the 160-plus runner field with a time of 21:19.7.
Junior Zoe Seward was 36th with a time of 22:19.6, while sophomore Addison Applegate and freshman Lilyanna Blais were 45th and 52nd, respectively, to complete the Screaming Eagles’ top five.
USI’s top seven was rounded out by junior Sara Livingston and freshman Mackenzi Thomas, who were 56th and 67th, respectively.
As a team, the Screaming Eagles finished with 139 points. Cinicinnati (39 points), Tennessee Tech (99 points), Eastern Kentucky (110 points) and Murray State (112 points) finished ahead of USI, while Southeast Missouri State University was sixth with 212 points.
USI defends its 2024 Ohio Valley Conference title October 31 when it competes at the OVC Championships in Charleston, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles also co-host the NCAA Great Lakes Regional November 13 at Angel Mounds.
