NORTHFIELD, Minn. – the No. 18-ranked Carleton College women's cross country team placed 15th of 35 teams at the Running of the Cows, this year's Pre-National Meet contested on the Bill Huyck Championship Cross Country Course. The field included 18 nationally-ranked programs.
Sophomore
Lauren Tittel was the first Knight across the line, finishing in 37th place with a time of 22:16.1. First-year
Abigail Burns placed 44th after covering the six-kilometer distance with a time of 22:24.0. This duo came through the two-kilometer split in 64th and 68th places, respectively, but steadily moved up over the remainder of the race.
With a time of 22:56.3, sophomore
Amelia Campbell finished 100th overall in the 326-runner field. Classmate
Nina Peterson clocked 23:24.2 to place 154th, while her twin sister
Nicole Peterson crossed the line 3.5 seconds and 10 spots later to complete the scoring for Carleton.
Sophomore
Louise Ruzanic (187th, 23:38.4), first-year
Jane Coffey-Reed (264th, 24:27.1), and first-year
Liv Fraser (314th, 25:57.6) rounded out Carleton's entries in the Navy Championship Division.
Earlier in the day, sophomores
Clara Peikert (76th, 25:53.0),
Sierra Cherniavsky (230th, 26:17.6), and
Anna Blaich (259th, 26:50.3) competed in the 396-runner field for the Women's Maize Division.
No. 2-ranked Williams College won the Navy Division Championship race with a team score of 79, followed by No. 7 UW-La Crosse (141 points), with No. 3 Johns Hopkins University (176), No. 6 Tufts University (197), and No. 10 Washington (Mo.) with 203 points rounding out the top-five.
No. 11 MIT placed sixth with 224 points, finishing ahead of No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (281), No. 16 Hope (290), No. 9 Pomona-Pitzer (296), and No. 15 Vassar (360).
No. 22 ran to an 11th place result (383), while No. 27 UW-Eau Claire (411) edged George Fox (411) in a tiebreaker for 12th place. No. 23 Connecticut College (423) and Carleton (451) rounded out the top 15 in the team competition.
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton heads to Oregon to compete at the George Oja Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 17. That will be the final tune-up before the MIAC Championships two weeks later.
