WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology women's cross country team recorded three of the top
five efforts in school history at the Indiana Intercollegiate
Meet on Friday.
Senior Rachel Krasich
(Westfield) snapped her own school record with a time
of 19:02 to pace the Engineer seventh-place finish.
Sophomore Melissa Rogers (Crawfordsville/Southmont) moved
into second place on Rose-Hulman's all-time list with a time of
19:36 for five kilometers.
Senior Susan Nickol (Solon, Ohio/Beaumont School) moved
into fifth on the Engineer all-time list with her time of 20:13.
Other runners rounding out the team score
included senior Jill DeClerck (Palatine,
Ill./William Fremd) with a time of 21:00 and. junior Alissa Bishel (Chesterton)
with a 21:12.
Rose-Hulman's combined team time also established
another school record. The top five times combined for a
mark of 102:06 to break the previous record by 11 seconds.
The Engineers placed seventh of the 17 teams
overall in the very competitive meet.
Rose-Hulman returns to action at the
Otterbein Invitational on Saturday.
MEET RESULTS
TEAM SCORES: 1) DePauw 42; 2) Southern Indiana 89; 3)
Indiana Tech 95; 4) Anderson 103; 5) Indianapolis 141; 6) Taylor
166; 7) Rose-Hulman 191; 8) Franklin 225; 9) Goshen 250;
10) Manchester 251; 11) Grace 282; 12) Earlham 295; 13)
Huntington 350
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
11) Rachel Krasich 19:02; 25) Melissa Rogers
19:36; 40) Susan Nickol 20:13; 61) Jill DeClerck 21:00; 65) Alissa Bishel 21:12; 67) Amanda Lundahl 21:16; 81) Katherine Quigg 21:45; 96) Mariah Walton 22:57; 100) Luisa Fairfax 24:02