Men's and Women's Cross Country Competes at H.W. Wright Invite

Story written by Sports Information Graduate Assistant, Kylie Lang

Decatur, Ill.

Millikin Men's and Women's Cross Country dominated the competition both getting first place as a team. The men's team had 30 points while the women's finished with 46 points.

Finishing second on the men's side was Rose-Hulman with 38 points, and on the women's side was Webster with 62 points.

On the men's side

• Finishing first over-all was Matthew Stevenot from Rose-Hulman with a 27:14
• The Griffin's Freshman Domenick Blanchette was the first to cross the line for the team placing 57th with a time of 33:09
• Following not too far behind was Sophomore Austin Joyce with a time 34:55.
• Next was freshman Keyonn Hall-Baker with 37:04 and then Juwan Lee with 42:41

On the women's side

• Finishing first over-all was Kalleigh Linthicum from Webster with a 24:54
• Graduate Taylor Aurand was the first Griffin to cross the finish line placing 41st with a time of 30.15.
• Finishing up in the top 50 was freshman Patience Vandermierden with a 30:53.
• Third to finish for the team was sophomore Desiree Brooks with a 30:58.

The squad will be back in action in October when they travel to Owensboro, Ky. For the Fast Cats Meet on Saturday the 12th

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