WINONA LAKE, Ind. -- The No. 25-ranked Indiana Wesleyan University women’s cross country team had a great race today and finished runner-up at the Crossroads League Championship, hosted by Grace (Ind.) in Winona Lake, Indiana.

“We had a great day,” said Indiana Wesleyan head coach John Foss. “Four girls made all-league. We went hard after this one and challenged Taylor but they were able to hang on and beat us in the end. But we ran a great race as we closed our gaps and dropped our times. Definitely showed a lot of strength today.”

No. 4-ranked Taylor (Ind.) won the league championship with 26 points while Indiana Wesleyan was next with 59 points. Huntington (Ind.) was third with 80 points. The individual champion was Danae Dracht from Spring Arbor (Mich.) who ran the 5,000-meter course in 18:37.

The quartet of Isabel Wharton, Kayla Ewert, Alyssa Foss, and Brooke Horswell earned All-Crossroads League by finishing in the top-15. Wharton led the Wildcat pack of four runners with an 8th place finish in a time of 19:05. Ewert was next in ninth at 19:07, Foss was 11th with a time of 19:11, and Horswell was 12th at 19:14.

The final scorer for Indiana Wesleyan was Julie Kamp in 19th place and she earned a time of 19:43. Rounding out the top-seven were Katherine Arch and Laura Nordquist. Arch was 22nd in 19:47 and Nordquist was 23rd at 19:47.

Indiana Wesleyan will next run at the NCCAA National Championship which will be held in Cedarville, Ohio. The meet begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday.