11/20/2024
Congratulations to our Women’s XC team for placing third this weekend at the NCCAA Division 2 National Championship!!
Freshman Katie Morden finished first for the Lady Archers, pushing herself to a time of 21:50 and breaking her 5k personal record (PR) by 1 minute 11 seconds. Sophomore Kassidy Kleinheksel was close behind in 21:53, setting a new PR and breaking her season record by 31 seconds. Judy Jang (junior) was next in 22:50, crushing her PR by 1 minute 30 seconds, with Natalie Lange (freshman) following closely in 22:56, 1 minute 41 seconds faster than her PR. Cora Muller (sophomore) finished strong in 23:30, setting a new PR by 39 seconds and completing the score for the Archers. Following closely, Samantha Duehring (freshman) pushed to 23:32, 1 minute 56 seconds faster than her PR.
Despite feeling under the weather, Felicity Severs (freshman) achieved a time of 23:30. Rebekah Freund (freshman) was next (23:37, 30-second PR). Rebekah Berni ran a brave race despite battling injury to finish in 23:46. Also finishing strong and setting new PRs: Allison Duehring (25:12, 46-second PR), Hannah Flowney (25:38, 1 minute 16 second PR), Ansley Sovine (25:43, 1 minute 11 second PR), and Molly Pearson (29:38, 58-second PR).