THIBODAUX, La. – Spring Hill College's cross country team competed at the 7th Annual Nicholls Invitational. Running at Nicholls Farm, Cecilia Light led with her third consecutive top-20 finish and personal record time (20:18.7), placing 11th.
 
On the women's side, the Badgers placed seventh with 149 points. Along with Light, Evelyn Hererra finished in the top 20 with a time of 21:03.9, placing 17th. Kerrigan Klevanosky crossed the finish line at 24:43.7 to claim 43rd with Allison Mangan (25:17.3) not far behind her, placing 46th. Mariam Cosky (30:53.5) and Lydia Hamilton (31:03.1) placed back-to-back, finishing 53rd and 54th, respectively.
 
In the men's race, Zachary Thomas clocked a time of 23:30.7, placing 31st. Erik Lindmark (23:56.3) and Luke Burlison (24:45.9) finished 39th and 47th, respectively.
 
Meet Details
Date: September 27
Venue (Location): Nicholls Farm (Thibodaux, La.)
 
They Said It – Head Coach Craig McVey
On the meet
"We finally got a break from the heat, for our women's race at 68 degrees was great. Everyone raced better with another week of practice behind them, and the weather helped a lot. We're doing the things we needed to do to put together a more complete race. Our women were seventh of eight scoring teams. Our men did not score due to illness and injury."
 
On the women's race
"CeCe [Cecilia] Light finished as our number one runner Saturday in 11th place with a time of 20:18.7, which was a nice time given the soft footing from multiple days of rain before race time. Evelyn Hererra raced faster than a year ago, which was also good considering the footing and occasional mud. CeCe and Evelyn's finishes were both good considering the number of NCAA Division I programs in the field. Kerrigan continued to make progress and put together a more complete race. Alli [Allison] raced well especially since she had been under the weather health-wise."
 
On the men's race
"The men raced under distance at four miles, which is a break from the usual 8K distance. Zach [Zachary] Thomas finished as our number one runner again. His 31st place finish was solid in the field especially given the number of Division I programs competing. Luke Burlison and Talan [Erik] Lindmark continued to put together more complete races and made progress."
 
Up Next
The Badgers will travel to Oakville, Ala., to race in the Calhoun Warhawk Invitational on Oct. 9.
 
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