TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The No. 10 Washington University in St. Louis women's cross country team competed at the John McNichols Invite, hosted by Indiana State University on Saturday.
The day featured a championship race and an open race, both 6,000m and both featured largely Division I runners.
Championship 6,000m
The top Bear in the championship race was junior
Lucinda Laughlin, who ran a time of 22:09.7 for 120
th overall.
First-year
Lucy Luetkemeyer ran a time of 22:18.6, finished 132
nd overall. Junior
Lauren Raley finished with a time of 22:36.0 for 150
th overall. Junior
Sally Carrington ran a time of 22:43.6 for 163
rd overall.
Also running in the championship race were sophomore
Lucy Peterson (22:52.9), sophomore
Taylor Buese (23:00.1), junior
Maddy Lee (23:08.8), senior
Avery Nason (23:19.4) and sophomore
Leah Sekulich (23:31.1).
Open 6,000m
Junior
Sofia Sheldon was the top WashU finisher in the open, finishing 39
th in 23:04.2.
A trio of Bears finished 52
nd-54
th, starting with junior
Mackenzie Raue in 52
nd with a time of 23:38.8. Junior
Grace Todd followed with a time of 23:40.3 and senior
Lily Dipple ran a time of 23:40.5.
Also running in the open were senior
Amelie Maltz (23:46.7), first-year
Madeline Cassidy (23:48.4), first-year
Chloe Hamilton (23:50.3), sophomore
Anna McAndrew (24:15.4), senior
Kira Larner (24:39.4) and first-year
Piper Stevens (26:18.0).
The Bears are back in action on Saturday, October 3 at the Running of the Cows (pre-nationals championship) hosted by Carleton.
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