TALLAHASSEE - Indiana Wesleyan women's cross country ran the program's fastest time since 2004, on their way to a 12th place finish at the 2022 NAIA National XC Championships. Freshman Addi Dewey led the way for the Wildcats, earning NAIA All-American status with a time of 18:11.

MCBEATH PERSPECTIVE

• The wildcats finished the season strong, and gave it everything they had for today. Though we fell short of some of our goals, we are grateful for the journey  and progress not perfection. We missed Freshman Elizabeth Barrett due to sickness and the Eden and Mara really stepped up and closed the gap between 3-4 in our top 5, closing out with season bests.
• Seniors Jenna and Ashlyn, ran strong and finished out their cross country career on a high note with their whole team coming to support them.
• Freshman Addi Dewey joined the rare group of NAIA athletes to become All-Americans at the National Championship. We are hungry to continue developing and excited for track season after a few weeks of recovery.

WILDCAT TOP-7

• 39 - Addi Dewey - 18:11.0
• 57 - Jenna Couwenhoven - 18:27.4
• 123 - Ashlyn Hastings - 19:06.3
• 140 - Eden Norris - 19:16.4
• 165 - Mara Smith - 19:27.3
• 198 - Ella Baldwin - 19:39.0
• 288 - Rachel Murphy - 20:45.9

TOP-5 TEAMS

• 1 - Taylor - 60
• 2 - Milligan - 177
• 3 - College of Idaho - 201
• 4 - St. Francis (Ill.) - 203
• 5 - Cornerstone - 211
• 12 - Indiana Wesleyan - 417

LOOKING FORWARD

• This concludes the 2022 Cross Country season.

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