KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Western Michigan cross country team heads to Louisville, Ky. on Saturday, Oct. 14, competing in the Pre-National Invitational 5K which is hosted by Louisville and will take place at Tom Sawyer State Park.

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"We will face some schools we don't normally get the opportunity to race against so it will be good competition for the ladies," commented WMU associate head coach Taryn Sheehan. "This will be a really good test for them getting ready for the MAC Championship at the end of the month. They have been training really well and becoming a team, we are hoping a positive result will bring good momentum going into the MAC Championship."

The Broncos last competed in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Friday, Sept. 29, placing 10^th overall in the Women's Gold 5k race.

Senior Hanne Christensen finished with a personal record time of 17:12.2 which was good enough for a fourth-place finish. Senior Claire Gilbertcracked the top-10 with a personal record time of 17:34.5 while junior captain Sarah Anderson just narrowly missed the top-10 with a personal record time of 17:38.9 finishing 13^th overall.

Rounding out the Broncos top-five was freshman Juliane Sormain (96^th), in her first outing for the Brown & Gold this season, and sophomore Brittney Hall (147^th). Other finishers in the Gold Race were sophomore Haley Ritsema (159^th), freshman Rebecca McNamee (169^th) and freshman Courtney Allen (181^st).

After the weekend, WMU is back in action on Friday, Oct. 20 at the EMU Fall Classic.