On September 26^th, the Big Blue men’s and women’s cross country competed in Rock Island, Illinois at the Augustana College Brissman/Lundee Invite. The women got the title of 24^th and the men came in 27^th at the end of the day.

Leading the Big Blue women was Jamie Michl (sophomore) who finished 71^st overall, running her 6K in 24:05.3. Beating her own personal best from the week before was Alivia Powers (freshman) finishing with a time of 24:27.7 and bringing her to 16^th on Millikin’s overall all-time 6K list.

Leading the men’s cross country team was Timee McElroy, running his 8K with a time of 27:39.1.

The times and places of both teams’ members are below.

Millikin Women’s Cross Country Results:

71^st Jamie Michl (24:05.3)

104^th Alivia Powers (24:27.7)

183^rd Rachel Sapp (25:35.1)

219^th Rachel Breault (25:56.2)

402^nd Morgan Norsen (29:22.1)

415^th Angelica Bravo (29:48.0)

Millikin Men’s Cross Country Results:

153^rd Timee McElroy (27:39.1)

188^th Kenneth Albin (28:00.6)

210^th Jacob Griffith (28:14.6)

242^nd Eli Cook (28:43.7)

344^th Trevor Vallier (30:17.2)

486^th Timothy Fuentes (35:26.5)

490^th Nicholas Kemp (36:40.7)

Coming up: Both of the men and women’s cross country teams plan on competing when they host the H.W. Wright Classic at Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur, Illinois on Friday, October 3^rd.