NORTHFIELD, Minn. – In its first 6k run of the year, the Bethel University women's cross country team placed fifth out of 16 teams at the Running of the Cows hosted by Carleton Saturday morning.
QUOTE FROM COACH
"We had a great showing with a top five finish as a group. Josie being top 15 ran excellent and really stuck her nose in there and wasn't afraid to mix it up with some big runners. We've been training really well as a group and still have some things to learn so that we can make another jump in our placing. On both sides our thought our freshmen really handled themselves well and we got a lot of great leadership from upperclassmen." – Head coach
Kevin Rengo
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Junior
Josie Harms was the Royals' top finisher for the second straight race placing 15th in a time of 23:14.50. She was near the top of the pack the entire race hitting the 15:20.40 mark at the 4k mark.
• Freshman
Shalom Sulungaine placed 29th in a time of 23:53.30. Sulungaine was 48th at the 2k mark in a time o f7:51.80 before making her way up the pack where she was in 32nd at the 5k mark just over 20 minutes into the race.
• Sophomore
Anna Cargill placed 43rd in a time of 24:12.30 while Senior
Laura Hardwick placed 62nd in a time of 25:01.50
• Rounding out Bethel's top five was junior
Ruby Gernandt finishing 69th in a time of 25:11.50. She moved up in the field after being in 95th at the 2k mark 8:18.40 into the race.
UP NEXT
The Royals head to Waverly, Iowa for the Dan Huston Invite hosted by Wartbrug on Saturday, Sept. 30. with the race begining at 10:45 a.m.
