MARION, Ind. -- Senior Sarah McBeath claimed the Crossroads League Women’s Cross Country individual championship on Saturday while the team finished as runner-up. McBeath ran a new PR with a time of 18:05 and qualified for the NAIA championship meet while the Wildcats await word on whether the team will earn an at-large selection to the meet.
EVENT VITALS
- Crossroads League Championship
- Team Finish: Indiana Wesleyan - 2nd of 10
- Total Team Time: 1:35:22
- Number of Runners: 122
- Location: Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion,
TOP 7
TEAM STANDINGS
- 1. #14 Taylor 46
- 2. #23 Indiana Wesleyan 68
- 3. Mount Vernon Nazarene 78
- 4. Marian 127
- 5. Spring Arbor 142
- 6. Grace 167
- 7. Huntington 177
- 8. Goshen 207
- 9. Bethel 214
- 10. Saint Francis 258
COACH FOSS SAYS…
- Coach Foss on Crossroads League champion Sarah McBeath…
“Sarah did amazing. She took the lead right at the beginning. It wasn’t what we wanted to do. We wanted to wait a little bit and let someone else be the target. But she felt good and took that lead from the beginning, smiling the whole way. She seemed to get faster after every kilometer and just dominated down the stretch. That’s a personal best time for her in the 5K.”
- Coach Foss on the team performance…
“Every girl but one had a season best time today. That’s a great way to end the regular season. Taylor is an outstanding team. We didn’t have our No. 2 runner in Rebecca Groh. Even with her we wouldn’t have beat Taylor but it would have been closer. But the other girls all stepped up and things went really, really well.”
UP NEXT FOR MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
- Indiana Wesleyan will wait and see if the team earns a trip to the NAIA National Championship later this month at North Farm Cross Country Course in Elash, Illinois
