BETHLEHEM, Penn. – No. 20 women's cross country finished ninth out of 45 teams at the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University on Friday, Oct. 3 with multiple nationally ranked teams, including four top-ten Division III teams.
Six Knights set new PR's today, including
Maddie Merna, who led all Knights with a 42nd-place finish individually.
Team Standings (Top 10)
Place - Team - 6K 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7)
1
NYU
4
5
14
15
17
(36)
(85)
2
Carnegie Mellon
6
24
32
44
51
(92)
(105)
3
SUNY Geneseo
16
31
38
40
72
(82)
(94)
4
Middlebury
2
13
46
59
86
(123)
(150)
5
Washington and Lee
9
26
52
60
81
(129)
(143)
6
Emory
37
42
45
53
54
(67)
(70)
7
Connecticut College
11
20
43
79
83
(118)
(213)
8
Vassar
10
56
62
73
78
(101)
(148)
9
Wartburg
41
47
63
69
96
(98)
(128)
10
Colorado College
12
34
74
110
115
(134)
(151)
Wartburg's Top Finishers
Pl Mv Pts Time Split
100
32
(98)
22:47.3
10:28.5
134
11
(128)
23:02.3
10:41.9
Notes
- 22:08.1 is a new PR for Merna and ranks 16th all-time in Wartburg performances
- New PR's for Merna, Engel, Kramer, McDonald, Hoyer and Marissa Pewe
- Four-top 10 nationally ranked Division III teams were in Wartburg's race
Next Time Out
The Knights will compete at home tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 4) in the Dan Huston invite in Waverly, Iowa.
