Cross Country opens up season at Early Bird

St. Louis, Mo. - The Griffins cross country teams opened up their season at the Gabby Reuveni Early Bird Meet this weekend in Forest Park at Central Fields. The course previewed the site of this year's SLIAC Championship, which will take place on November 1st.  Senior Justin Horneker ran the second fastest 6K in school history, finishing in 35th place with a time of 20:42.  In the women's 4K junior Olivia Beggs finished in 16:49 and freshman Cathy Maschmeyer finished with a time of 17:28. 

A mark of the Griffin cross country family, 11 Fontbonne cross country alumni came out to cheer on the Griffins and field an alumni team in the men's race.

For their next race the Griffins head to the SIUE Cross Country Challenge on September 12th.