Hough, Seward lead USI women’s runners to third-place finish

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—Junior Cameron Hough (Olney, Illinois) and freshman Zoe Seward (Rochester, Indiana) posted top-10 finishes Friday morning to lead University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country to a third-place finish out of 15 teams at the Angel Mounds Invitational.
 
Hough finished fifth out of 165 runners with a six-kilometer time of 21 minutes, 28.6 seconds, while Seward was eighth with a time of 21:40.0.
 
As a team, the Screaming Eagles finished with 90 points, 16 behind second-place Missouri State University and 68 behind first-place Lipscomb University. Ohio Valley Conference foe Southeast Missouri State University was fourth with 103 points.
 
Senior Aubrey Swart (Noblesville, Indiana) and sophomore Micah Peals (Terre Haute, Indiana) were 20th and 31st, respectively, while junior Kati Hoerig (Prospect, Kentucky) was 35th to round out the Eagles’ top five. Freshman Sara Livingston (Jasper, Indiana) and junior Audrey Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) completed USI’s top seven with respective finishes of 38th and 42nd.
 
Sophomore Parker Provost (Westfield, Indiana) and junior Katie Winkler (Santa Claus, Indiana) also posted top-50 finishes, with Provost edging out Winkler for 47th.
 
USI finishes the 2023 cross country schedule October 28 when it competes at the OVC Championships in Morehead, Kentucky.