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Women's cross country races to team title at Chick-fil-A Invite

10/23/2021 4:47:00 PM

WILMORE, Ky. — The Bellarmine University women's cross country team had five runners finish in the top 11 as the Knights captured the team title Saturday at Asbury's Chick-fil-A Invitational.

Bellarmine comfortably topped the five-team field with 38 points. Georgetown (Ky.) was the runner-up with 50 followed by Asbury (57), Alice Lloyd (71) and Midway (141).

Freshman Trisha Sexton (21:14.78) paced Bellarmine in the 5k race by finishing fifth. Seniors Neville Wintergerst-Burch (21:30.53) and Riley Glenn (21:32.06) placed eighth and ninth, and freshmen Madison Adkins (21:36.84) and Alli Manley (21:46.56) made it four Knights in a row after finishing in 10th and 11th to round out the Knights' top 5.

Sophomore Olivia Brown (22:20.50) provided Bellarmine a sixth runner in the top 20 after she placed 20th.

Bellarmine will compete next Saturday in the ASUN Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.

BELLARMINE RESULTS
5. Trisha Sexton (21:14.78); 8. Neville Wintergerst-Burch (21:30.53); 9. Riley Glenn (21:32.06); 10. Madison Adkins (21:36.84); 11. Alli Manley (21:46.56); 20. Olivia Brown (22:20.50); 32. Alivia Ryan (23:28.88); 42. Abby Jaworski (24:55.69)

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