Nationally-Ranked Women's Cross Country Charges to Third Place at Wheaton Invite

The nationally-ranked Hope College women's cross country team raced to a third-place performance at the Wheaton College (Ill.) Gil Dodds Invitational on Saturday.

With five runners among the fastest 31 times, the No. 27 Flying Dutch posted a score of 81 points.

No. 2 University of Chicago recorded the top five individual times for a score of 15 points. No. 6 Washington University in St. Louis took sixth with 58 points.

Junior Maddy Struck (Hainesville, Illinois / Grayslake Central HS) led Hope's top group with a sixth-place run of 21 minutes, 54.7 seconds.

Senior Rebecca Markham (Hoffman Estates, Illinois / William Fremd) placed 12th by clocking a run of 22:08.4.

Senior Libby Gorman (Traverse City, Michigan / St. Francis) finished 18th with a run of 22:34.4.

Senior Olivia Quillan (Grandville, Michigan / Calvin Christian) recorded a 20th-place time of 22:43.4.

Junior Janie DeGroot (Northville, Michigan / Northville) took 20th at 22:43.4 to round out Hope's point earners.

Eleven more Flying Dutch runners placed among the top 75 in the 256-runner field.

32. Sophomore Molly Durow (Glenview, Illinois / Glenbrook South), 23:12.2;
42. Sophomore Madison Stern (Saline, Michigan / Saline) 23:32.2;
45. Senior Emily Scott (Naperville, Illinois / Naperville Central) 23:36.0;
46. Freshman Paige King (Glenbard, Illinois / Glenbard West) 23:40.5;
47. Sophomore Alyson Kelly (Gaines, Michigan / Linden) 23:41.9;
57. Sophomore Anna Duesenberg (Rocky River, Ohio / Glenbrook South) 23:52.1;
60. Freshman Annika Sytsma (Kalamazoo, Michigan / Kalamazoo Christian) 23:57.9;
61. Sophomore Lexi Deighan (Birmingham, Michigan / Seaholm) 23:59.1;
65. Senior Katie Cole (Batavia, Illinois / Batavia) 24:05.0;
68. Freshman Mary England (Kalamazoo, Michigan / Kalamazoo Centra) 24:10.4;
75. Freshman Amanda Markham (Hoffman Estates, Illinois / William Fremd) 24:23.6.