Women's Cross Country Sets Several Personal Bests at L-R Invitational

The Mars Hill women’s cross country team set five new personal bests and seven season bests in the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational at Southside Park on Saturday.

October 25, 2014

NEWTON, N.C.- The Mars Hill women's cross country team set five new personal bests and seven season bests in the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational at Southside Park on Saturday. The Lions finished in fifth place.

Dawn Radford set a new personal best with a 5-kilometer run of 21:09.75 to finish in 25^th place. Kierstyn Horton finished with a season best 22:38.87 in 30^th, followed by Andrea Wolfrey who tied a personal best with a 22:45 effort. Vanessa Viscusi set a new personal best of 23:02 for a 34^th place finish, one spot behind Wolfrey. Carey Shields completed the top five with a new seasonal best mark of 23:26 in 36th. Also setting new personal best times were Danielle Dunn (23:00) and Jessica Scott (24:22.)

NCAA Division I member Appalachian State was the event winner with 33 points. The Lions take to the course again in two weeks at the South Atlantic Conference championship meet in Salisbury, N.C.

Results