SHAWNEE, Oklahoma – The women's cross country team placed third at the Great American Conference Championships on Saturday morning with four Tigers placing in the Top 20 to earn All-GAC honors.
Lucy Holden paced the Tigers and finished 10th overall with a 5K time of 18:16.80, earning All-GAC First Team honors.
The trio of
Addi Durand (14th | 18:27.90),
Ellie Hoemann (16th | 18:33.51), and
Ellie Akins (19th | 18:38.79) finished inside the Top 20 and earned All-GAC Second Team honors.
Emmeline Burrow and
Makenzie Wood finished in the Top 30 with Burrow taking 23rd (18:49.53) and Wood claiming 29th (19:01.57).
Peyton Macejewski, and
Marin Murray were named GAC Elite Scholar Athletes, given to those who have the highest cumulative GPA in the conference with at least 70 hours earned.
The following Tigers were named to the GAC Academic Honor Roll:
Elizabeth Decker,
Emelia Eriksson,
Kayli Fitzhugh,
Ensley Grant,
Audrey Herrell, Hoemann, Holden,
Lani Inman,
Landry Lay, Macejewski,
Hannah McGuire, Murray,
Bella Norman,
Erin Smith,
Meg Swindle, Bliar Turpen, and Kaitlyn Wood.
Up next for the Tigers is the NCAA Central Region Championships on Saturday, November 21 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
