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Amanda Lundahl ran a 26:37 to help the Engineers finish
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TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology women's cross country ran well on their way to a tenth
place finish at the Gibson Family Invitational.
The Engineers were led by senior Melissa Rogers
(Crawfordsville, Ind./Southmont) who ran the 6,000 meter race in a
time of 23:37, good enough for an 11th place finish. Freshman
Creasy Clauser (Crawfordsville, Ind./Southmont) finished 20th
overall with a time of 24:04.
Other top runners for Rose-Hulman were senior
Amanda Lundahl (Lake Forest, Ill.), 26:23, junior Katherine Quigg
(Chillicothe, Ill./ Illinois Valley Central), 26:37, and senior
Corrie
Campbell (Pittsburgh, Pa/Fox Chapel) 26:43.
The meet was one of the Midwest's largest college meets with 26
institutions and more than 500 runners competed. The competition was separated into a 17-team
college division and a nine-team university division, highlighted by
four nationally ranked squads. The 26 institutions span seven
states.
Nationally ranked teams that competed
included the Washington University women (No. 3 in Division III),
and the
DePauw University women (No. 22 in Division III). The deep and talented field also features five women's
squad that are ranked among the top 10 in their respective NCAA
Division III regions.
The university division contained regionally
ranked NCAA Division II squads in Bellarmine and Northwest Missouri
State.
The meet is a tribute to the Gibson Family, which has helped
create the nation's top NCAA cross country course that has hosted the
Division I national championships for six consecutive years.
Greg Gibson, a 1982 Rose-Hulman graduate, enjoyed a standout cross
country as a Fightin' Engineer and has been inducted into the
college's Athletic Hall of Fame.
TEAM RESULTS: 1) DePauw 61; 2) Hope
81; 3) Rhodes 84; 4) Illinois Wesleyan 113; 5) Washington
University-St. Louis 127; 6) Franklin 193; 7) Wittenberg 198; 8)
Manchester 213; 9) St. Mary's (Ind.) 282; 10) Rose Hulman 293; 11)
St. Mary's of the Woods 334; 12) Heidelberg 511; 13) Wisconsin
Lutheran 612; 14) Webster 647; 15) Millikin 655
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 11) Melissa
Rogers 23:37; 20) Creasy Clauser 24:04; 84) Amanda Lundahl 26:23;
88) Katherine Quigg 26:37 90) Corrie Campbell 26:43;
133) Shannon Butler 28:26
