Cross Country Competes in National Catholic Invitational

Women's Results (PDF) | Men's Results (PDF)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Creighton men's and women's cross country teams competed in their second meet of the year at the National Catholic Invitational on Friday at Burke Golf Course in South Bend, Ind., on a warm sunny afternoon.

The women's team placed in eighth out of 11 teams with a team score of 219, beating BIG EAST foe DePaul by three points and just behind seventh-place Holy Cross, who scored a 185. Winning the meet, was host Notre Dame who scored an 18, followed by Dayton in second with a score of 83. Rounding out the podium in third place was St. Louis who scored a 98. Fellow BIG EAST member Xavier finished in 11^th with a team score of 328.

Finishing first for the women's team was freshman Danielle Hotalling in 25^th who ran the 5K in 18:36.99. Next up was classmate Marguerite Hendrickson in 51^st place and a time of 19:25.69. After Hendrickson was Katie Fukushima in 65^th. The sophomore ran a time of 19:43.88. Following Fukushima in 74^th place was junior Caroline Pass whose time was 19:56.75. The next Creighton finisher was 86^th, sophomore Amy Leasure who ran a time of 20:07.01. Fellow sophomore Haley Fye finished in 101^st place with a time of 20:19.07. After Fye was freshman Chloe Cassens with a time of 21:04.86 which earned her a 137^th place finish. Rounding out the Creighton runners was Erica Cradeur in 143^rd place with a time of 21:20.71.

The men's team finished in 11^th place with a total score of 312. The team finished behind 10^thplace Holy Cross who had score of 261. Notre Dame finished first with a score of 25 points. After Notre Dame was Dayton in second who scored 65 points.

Junior Chase Howard was the first finisher for the Bluejays in 56^th place and ran a 5-mile time of 26:55.07. After Howard, in 116^th place was junior Nick Monkemeyer whose time was 27:54.99. In 123^rd was freshman Bryce Shirley who ran a time of 28:03.92. Junior Nate Fedel ran a time of 28:32.22, which earned him a 133^rd place finish. In 139^th place was freshman Aidan King who ran a time of 28:34.61. After King, was freshman Boston Small whose time of 28:42.17 placed him in 145^th place. Freshman Jackson Stamper finished next up in 161^st place after running a time of 29:02.72. Finishing right after Stamper in 162^nd was sophomore Max Wehrle in 29:03.25.

The next meet for both the men's and women's teams is the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn., on September 29^th.

Cross Country Competes in National Catholic Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Chloe Cassens

Erica Cradeur

Nate Fedel

Katie Fukushima

Haley Fye

Marguerite Hendrickson

Danielle Hotalling

Chase Howard

Aidan King

Amy Leasure

Nick Monkemeyer

Caroline Pass

Bryce Shirley

Boston Small

Jackson Stamper

Max Wehrle