FORT VANCOUVER, Wash. Perhaps inspired by the historic performance of junior Mekayla Gibson in the women s race an hour prior, William Woods claimed the highest-ever overall finish in the NAIA Men s Cross Country National Championship meet.
NEVADA, Mo. Running for the second time this year at the Frank E. Peters Golf Course, William Woods battled through difficult weather conditions and the absence of last year s top runner, Ellie Dimond, and this year s No. 4 runner, Sarah Kirby, but finished just four points shy of Missouri Baptist for second.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa Mekayla Gibson picked up her second individual race title of the season, and William Woods easily cruised past the field at the Seminole Valley Stampede, scoring a season-best 33 points to claim the top spot in the seven-team event. All five scoring runners for the Owls finished in the top 15, with Sarah Kirby picking up a new PR by better than a minute with a time of 20:12.0.
NEVADA, Mo. Although William Woods was without top returner Ellie Dimond for the season s opening meet, the Owls brought home the individual title and a second-place finish from the Cottey College Invitational on Friday.
JOLIET, Ill. The William Woods University men s and women s track and field teams sent five individuals to the St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite over the weekend. Katie French hit two NAIA "A" Standards in the shot put and discus.