The Carthage College women’s cross country team (16-7) finished eighth at the Friday, Sept. 25 Augustana College (Ill.) “Brissman-Lundeen Invitational” at the Credit Island Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill. Truman State University won the 21-team event with 36 points, followed by the University of Chicago second at 106, Central College third at 111, Olivet Nazarene University fourth at 138, Wisconsin-Stevens Point fifth at 156, Augustana (Ill.) sixth at 212, Iowa Central College seventh at 232, Carthage eighth at 234, Carroll University ninth at 245, Illinois Central College 10th at 278, Monmouth College 11th at 280, Elmhurst College 12th at 283, Grinnell College 13th at 304, Mount Mercy College 14th at 333, Cornell College 15th at 373, Loras College 16th at 461, North Iowa Area Community College 17th at 482, Principia College 18th at 535, Aurora University 19th at 535, Carl Sandburg College 20th at 645 and Webster University 21st with 651 points.
Unattached runner Caedryn Schrunk took individual honors with a time of 19:14.70. Carthage’s Morgan Wiechamnn (So., Sleepy Hollow, Ill./Carpentersville—Dundee-Crown) was 10th at 20:35.10, Karin Wirth (Fr., Springfield, Ill./Pleasant Plains) 25th at 21:07.80, Karen Jackson (Sr., Bloomington, Ill./Downs-Tri Valley) 42nd at 21:34.50, Lauren Sible (So., Oregon, Ill./Byron) 84th at 22:14.30, Heather Crowe (Fr., Bensenville, Ill./Fenton) 102nd at 22:29.70, and Molly Lawrence (Jr., Plainfield, Ill./Central) finished 113th with a time of 22:42.40. Also finishing for the Lady Reds were Julia Hiett (Sr., Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township)130th at 23:01.40, Anabel Martinez (Fr., Aurora, Ill./East Aurora) 134th at 23:06.30, Alyssa Poremba (Fr., Bridgeview, Ill./Summit-Argo) 135th at 23:06.70, Liz Lanning (Jr., St. Charles, Ill./North) 136th at 23:07.10, Katie Schmidt (So., Lemont, Ill.) 142nd at 23:11.20, Bridget Driscoll (Fr., Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) 159th at 23:32.80, Kaylyn Haberland (Jr., Appleton, Wis./West) 175th at 23:49.30, Katie Garringer (So., Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East) 195th at 26:06.70, Rosemary Adams (Jr. McHenry, Ill./Woodstock-Marian Central Catholic) 218th at 24:58.70, Nicole Phelps (So., Lisle, Ill.) 230th at 25:15.80, Ellen Klahn (Jr., Monticello, Ill./Princeton) 257th at 26:06.30, Kayla Arbet (Fr., Burlington, Wis./Salem-Westosha Central) 261st at 26:14.60, Claren McLaughlin (Jr., Lodi, Wis.) 276th at 27:19.10, Jackie Muench (Sr., Chicago, Ill./Luther North) 280th at 27:25.20, Ellen Zanis (Sr., St. Charles, Ill./North) 282nd at 27:27.00, Nikki Knieps (So., Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) 283rd at 27:27.20, and Erika Franco (So., Schiller Park, Ill./Franklin Park-East Leyden) finished 296th with a time of 27:51.30.