Athenas Finish Second At Redlands Invitational

CMS placed three runners in the top 11 places at the Redlands Invitational and finished second as a team with 58 points.  Cal Poly Pomona, a Division II school, won with 52 points.  CMS finished ahead of four other SCIAC schools.  The Athenas were again led by Evelyn Ross (JR, Iowa City, IA [pictured center]) who improved one spot on last week's finish to garner second overall.

Ashley Scott (FR, Battle Creek, MI [pictured left]) was one of seven Athenas to record a personal best time in the race as she finished sixth overall with a time of 23:32.  The other scorers for the team were Taylor Smiley (FY, Beaverton, OR [pictured right]) in 11th, Sarah Heine (SR, Sheridan, WY) in 20th and Laurie Mittermiller (SO, La Jolla) in 21st.  In addition to Scott, PR's were set by Heine, Allysa Rueschenberg (SO, San Luis Obispo), Maureen Golan (FY, Bethesda, MD), Sheila Bhardwaj (SO, Pittsburgh, PA), Hannah Lakehomer (SO, Eugene, OR) and Riley Grime (FY, Batesburg, SC).

CMS returns to racing action on Saturday, September 29 when they will compete at the Stanford Invitational.