UNION CITY, Tenn.—Sophomore Zoe Seward raced to a second-place finish out of 70 competitors to lead University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country to a first-place finish at the seven-team University of Tennessee Martin OVC Preview Saturday morning.
Seward finished the six-kilometer course in 21 minutes, 44.7 seconds as the Screaming Eagles landed four runners within the top six finishers and six in the top 20.
Senior Audrey Comastri and sophomore Ellie Hall finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to aid the Eagles’ efforts. Comastri crossed the finish line in 21:57.6, while Hall finished in 22:03.1.
Freshman Hadessah Austin was just outside the top five with a sixth-place time of 22:06.7, while senior Katie Winkler rounded out the Eagles’ top five with a 17th-place finish.
Sophomore Emily Rempe and senior Emma Thompson were 20th and 25th to round out USI’s scorers.
As a team, USI finished with 34 points, 15 ahead of second-place Tennessee Tech University. Southeast Missouri State University’s Nova Ojutkangas won the race with a time of 21:17.5
The Eagles return to action September 27 when they travel to Columbia, Missouri, to compete at the University of Missouri’s Gans Creek Classic.
