CLINTON, Miss. – The Spring Hill women's cross country team took third place at the Mississippi College XC Fall Festival at the Choctaw Trails on Saturday.
 
The Lady Badgers placed third in the 5k race with 94 points in a field of five teams scored and ran an average time of 22:21. Madeline Knightly paced Spring Hill and finished 12^th overall with a season-best time of 20:28.2. Claire Morgan (21:28.5) placed 26^th and clocked a season best with Cat Dulle (21:38.8) right behind her in 27^th, also clocking a season-best time. Jordan Jernigan finished 37^th and stopped the clock at 23:40.5, a new personal record. Cassidy Dilks was the 40^th individual to cross the finish line at 24:34.
 
Meet Information
Mississippi College XC Fall Festival
Date: Sep. 16
Time: 8 a.m.
Venue (Location): Choctaw Trails (Clinton, Miss.)
 
Women's 5k Results
Team Scoring
1) Mississippi College (15); 2) Southeastern Oklahoma (55); 3) Spring Hill (94); 4) Xavier (La.) (105); 5) Jackson State (120)
 
SHC Individual Results
12) Madeline Knightly (20:28.2); 26) Claire Morgan (21:28.5); 27) Cat Dulle (21:38.8); 37) Jordan Jernigan (23:40.5); 40) Cassidy Dilks (24:34)
 
Men's 8k Results*
SHC Individual Results
6) Will Tate (26:39.8); 14) Myles Cook (PR-27:40.6); 21) Thomas Monier (PR-28:41.2); 33) Zachary Thomas (31:37.9)
 
*No team score for SHC
 
THEY SAID IT – Head Coach Craig McVey
"We had another great day to race weather-wise for Saturday's races. 55 degrees at race time for the men and
61 for the women [with] light wind. We've been fortunate to have had the weather we have had for our last three meets. Both teams did a great job using what we learned from being here in September.  We had a number of people with personal bests and others really close to theirs."
 
Up Next
Spring Hill will run at the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Cross Country Championships in Macon, Ga., on Nov. 4.
 
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