Women's Cross Country | September 06, 2019
AUGUSTA, Mich. – The Western Michigan cross country team opened up the 2019 season falling to Eastern Michigan at the George Dales Invitational at Stoatin Brae Golf Course on Friday evening.
WMU had four if its top five runners finish in the top 15, with the final score being 17-46 in favor of the Eagles. Brittney Hall was Western Michigan's top finisher in the 5k race, running a time of 18:21.51. EMU's Karlie Swanson was the overall winner.
"I thought we did a good job. I was impressed with Brittney Hall breaking up Eastern's mix. We've got a bit of work to do but I thought it was a pretty solid start to the season."
Sophomore Paisley Sipes finished 10th overall with a time of 18:55.04, followed by freshman Annalise James in 12th with a time of 18:59.20. Rebecca McNamee and Courtney Allen rounded out WMU's top five with times of 19:00.43 and 19:15.21. Freshmen Ashley Shipps and Mary Raclawski also saw their first collegiate action at the race.
Western Michigan is back in action at Auto Owners/Playmakers Spartan Invitational at Michigan State University.
