From University of Chicago Athletics

Senior Khia Kurtenbach led the way with her first individual title of the season and the University of Chicago women came out of a bye week with a bang en route to capturing Friday's Midwest Intercollegiate team title, hosted by Olivet Nazarene University.

Kurtenbach finished the 5-kilometer race with a time of 18 minutes, 23 seconds to capture medalist honors, nine seconds ahead of runner-up Megan Deweerd of Trinity Christian (18:32).

The Maroon women won their second meet of the year with 29 points, thanks to four more Top 10 finishes from Claire Costelloe (fourth, 18:48), Kelsey Dunn (fifth, 18:56), Cassidy McPherson (ninth, 19:03), and Abigail Shoemaker (10^th, 19:05).

University of St. Francis (Ill.) was second (82 points) and host Olivet Nazarene was third with 103 points to round out the top three teams in the 10-team event.

Also scoring for the Maroons in the Top 15 were Claire Brockway (12^th, 19:10) and Emily Schmitt (13^th, 19:11).

UChicago women's top finishers (5K)
Khia Kurtenbach (Sr.) – 1^st place, 18:32
Claire Costelloe (Sr.) – 4^th, 18:48
Kelsey Dunn (Sr.) – 5^th, 18:56
Cassidy McPherson (Sr.) – 9^th, 19:03
Abigail Shoemaker (Fr.) – 10^th, 19:05
Claire Brockway (So.) – 12^th, 19:10
Emily Schmitt (Fr.) – 13^th, 19:11