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Women's XC stays strong at Lucian Rose invite

April Wanagas
TECHNEWS WRITER

After a week off racing, the Lady
Hawks cross country team traveled back to
Kenosha, Wisconsin Saturday morning to
take on a deep field of competition in the
Lucian-Rose Invitational hosted by University
of Wisconsin Parkside. Racing again on this
hill—laden course, the ladies were more ready
with an extra five weeks of training under their
belt than when they faced it in week two of their
season. Having perfect weather conditions near

60 degrees, the ladies knew their plan had to be
executed well to attack the hills aggressively and
maintain top pace for all 5 kilometers. Facing
another deep field of 25 teams, the lady hawks
had to try and get to the main hill first to avoid
getting stuck in a slower pack of runners.
Getting assigned a great starting box,
the starting cannon fired and the ladies took off.
With the position the girls started in, they were
able to find the shallowest part of the half-mile
long hill and get over it with ease. Targeting the
remaining flat section of the first mile, the ladies
then were set to start picking up the pace before

the rolling hills began. With teammates in sight,
the girls raced in and out of the woods looking
to keep up with the fast competition in hopes
of reaching a new Personal Record (PR). After
passing through the final chute and crossing the
finish line, three of the top five ladies did just
that.

Courtney Rouse ran a PR of 19:18,
again finishing first for Illinois Tech, followed by
Anne Crotteau and Sara Glade. April Wanagas
and Greta Zola were the next two hawks to cross
the finish line with times of 21:33 and 21:36,
each reaching a new PR. Their team score put

them in 16th placing, falling to top schools
such as Marquette, Northwestern, Ferris State,
DePaul, and University of Minnesota Duluth.
Some of the schools the lady hawks outscored
include Upper Iowa, Madonna, Alverno,
Cardinal Stritch, and Chicago State.

The cross country team looks forward
to racing again next week at the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh Brooks Invitational, a 6k
race with a completely flat course. As they will
be facing an even bigger field of competition, the
ladies look forward to resting up this week and
getting ready to make every mile magnificent.

 

   
 

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Men's Soccer
7pm, Stuart Field

Women’s Volleyball

  

7pm, Keating

Women's Soccer

  

7pm, Stuart Field

VS. Trinity International University

VS. Robert Morris College

VS. Trinity International University

Women's Volleyball

@Purdue University-North Central
3pm, CCAC Crossover Tournament
VS. Olivet Nazarene University
7pm, CCAC Crossover Tournament

Men’s Soccer
@Olivet Nazarene University

6pm

Women's Soccer
@Olivet Nazarene University

4pm

Women's Volleyball

VS. Trinity Christian College

11am, CCAC Crossover Tournament
VS. Purdue University-Calumet
3pm, CCAC Crossover Tournament

Photos by April Wanagas