Upland, IN-The men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their season on Saturday September 13^th at the Taylor Invitational.  The men placed 5^th out of 6 teams while the women placed 4^th out of 6 teams.

Leading the way for the women was freshman Ericka Williams.  Williams ran to a fifth place finish with a time of 20:28 while junior Amy Roberts finished sixth in 20:56.  Running her first collegiate 5k and finishing as the third runner for the Lady Cougars was Katie Gereghty who ran a time of 22:16 to place 25^th.  She was followed by Tiffany Bremer and Wendy Mahlan who finished in 34^th and 35 places with times of 23:26 and 23:31.

In the men’s race senior James Dueling finished the 8k in 20^th place with a time of 29:47.  Freshman Ian Hartman was 28^th in 31:17 while Alex Bush finished in 31^st place in 31:30.  Kyle Murray of Marion College was the winner in 27:14.

The Cougars will travel to South Bend, IN on Friday to compete in the National Catholic Meet.  The JV race will be at 3:30pm while the women’s varsity will be at 4:15pm and the men’s varsity at 5pm.

Team Scores

Women

Taylor

Grace

U of Indianapolis

USF

Marian

Holy Cross

Men

Marian

Taylor

U of Indianapolis

Grace

USF

Holy Cross