CANFIELD, Ohio -- Four Grove City College women's cross country runners earned First Team All-Presidents' Athletic Conference honors Saturday at the conference championships, helping the Wolverines win the program's 29th all-time conference title. The Wolverines finished with 48 team points, outdistancing runner-up Franciscan, which finished with 76 points.
Senior
Cayla Lawrence (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima), junior
Rebekah Burger (San Diego, Calif./Cambridge), freshman
Josie Jones (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) and junior
Julianna Lindberg (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) all earned First Team All-Conference honors at Saturday's meet.
Lawrence placed fourth overall with a time of 22 minutes, 51.6 seconds on the six-kilometer course while Burger posted a fifth-place time of 22:52.3. Jones placed sixth in a time of 23:14.5. She earned the conference's Newcomer of the Year after finishing as the top freshman runner in the meet.
Lindberg finished eighth overall, posting a time of 23:18.1.
Junior
Abigail Nelson (Cheverly, Md.) placed 45th in a time of 25:23.5 while sophomore
Erika Doolittle (Clarington, Pa./Brookville) earned 46th in 25:26.5. Freshman
Lily Harrington (Fort Belvoir, Va./Spire) rounded out the Grove City lineup by finishing 55th. Harrington recorded a time of 25:53.6.
Saint Francis junior Nina Connors won the race in a time of 22 minutes even. The race featured 133 runners.
Grove City will host its annual Twilight 5K Friday night at Robert E. Thorn Field. The Wolverines will compete at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Championships November 14 in Lock Haven, Pa.