The University of Saint Mary Women's XC team traveled to Lincoln Nebraska this past Saturday, September 20^th to compete in the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirkson Invite, co-hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University and The University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
 
Spire women finished 4^th overall as a team in the 5000-meter race. Familiar face Josie Tyrrell finished 13^th with a time of 18:35.9 out of 169 runners with teammates Carly Holadia and Serenity Larson following behind coming in at 25^th place (19:21.6) and 32^nd place (19:34.0) respectively.

Head Coach, Alstin Benton, excitedly remarked "The team is making solid progress for the season so far. We are doing a good job at learning how to stay competitive and focused for 20 plus minutes which is crucial for our success in the long run. Now we have to take that competitive focus and narrow in on the race specific aspect of training and racing."
 
Spire XC will be back in action at the University of Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday, October 4^th in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Place	Name	School	Time	Points	Year
13	Josie Tyrrell	St. Mary (Kan.)	18:35.9	12	SR
25	Carly Holadia	St. Mary (Kan.)	19:21.6	23	SR
32	Serenity Larson	St. Mary (Kan.)	19:34.0	30	JR
50	Ava Klaassen	St. Mary (Kan.)	19:58.6	45	SO
61	Liv Lohf	St. Mary (Kan.)	20:12.7	53	FR
97	Lakota Schultz	St. Mary (Kan.)	21:09.6	78	JR
102	Kathryn Cameron	St. Mary (Kan.)	21:20.4	81	SO
103	Mesa Casper	St. Mary (Kan.)	21:22.2	—	SO
147	Sophia Hance	St. Mary (Kan.)	23:18.9	—	SO
153	Lauren Bishard	St. Mary (Kan.)	24:01.5	—	FR