Belles Take Eleventh at Calvin Invitational
Results
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - In a race that featured several regionally ranked and nationally ranked programs, the Saint Mary's cross country team finished eleventh at the the highly-competitive Calvin Invitational on Saturday.
Fifteenth-ranked Calvin won their event with a team score of 27 while 35th-ranked Ohio Northern took second with a 66. Saint Mary's had a team score of 279, just one point behind 10th place Alma and seven points behind ninth place Allegheny.
Joanne Almond earned 22 points after finishing 23rd overall to lead the Belles with a time of 18:42.6. The senior's time was a new 5k PR for her and marks the first sub-19 minute 5k of her collegiate career. Julia Kenney was the second member of the team to cross the finish line on the day with a 19:23.3 on the 5k course, which was good enough for 42nd overall (35th scorer).
Emma Baker was the Belles third finisher on the day. The junior finished 91st overall with a time of 20:12.3 to score 67 for Saint Mary's. Angela Nebesny was less than thirty seconds behind Baker with a 20:36.3 (114th / 76 points). Colette Curtis wrapped up the 279 team score with 79 points by finishing 124th in 20:45.2 for Saint Mary's. Her time marked the fastest 5k time of her young collegiate career.
Samee Chittenden was the next finisher for the Belles with a 21.26.7 (144th). Elizabeth Majewski was not far behind Chittenden as she took 148th with a 21:42.8. Danielle Haydell, Mandy Wolf, and Liz Krupp finished in 166th, 167th, and 169th, respectively, to round out the Saint Mary's efforts on the day. Haydell ran a 22:40.2; Wolf turned in a 22:43.3; and Krupp crossed the finish line in 22:55.9 for the Belles.
Saint Mary's will head to Angola, Indiana next weekend for the MIAA Jamboree, hosted by Trine at the Zollner Golf Course. The women's race is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.
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Team Pts 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7)
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1 Calvin 27 1 2 6 7 11 16 25
2 Ohio Northern 66 3 10 13 14 26 37 50
3 Case Western 115 5 12 19 24 55 59 69
4 Mount Union 126 17 20 28 30 31 33 48
5 Baldwin-Wallace 167 21 23 34 44 45 47 58
6 Adrian 173 8 15 43 53 54 60 62
7 Cornerstone 201 18 32 42 52 57 61 63
8 Heidelberg 233 38 39 40 46 70 73 87
9 Allegheny 272 4 27 64 83 94 102 -
10 Alma 278 29 49 51 68 81 85 90
11 Saint Mary's (Ind.) 279 22 35 67 76 79 89 91
12 Bethel (Ind.) 288 9 56 72 74 77 84 88
13 Davenport 356 36 66 78 80 96 - -
14 Aquinas 378 41 71 75 92 99 - -
15 Thiel 425 65 82 86 95 97 101 106
16 Concordia (Mich.) 498 93 98 100 103 104 105 -