From Case Western Reserve University Athletics

The Case Western Reserve University women's cross country team, ranked 27^th in Division III, turned in a sixth-place finish out of 32 teams at the Inter-Regional Rumble, hosted by Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio on Saturday morning.

CWRU finished with a score of 202 for the meet, placing ahead of a pair of University Athletic Association rivals in Carnegie Mellon (7^th, 219 points) and Rochester (8^th, 275 points). John Carroll won the meet with a score of 70, followed by Wisconsin-Stevens Point (165), Centre (177), Trine (179), and Washington & Lee (187).

Seven of the 10 Spartans competing in the invitational race notched season-best times, including each of the Spartans' top-three runners. First-year Lauren Iagnemma led the team for the second-straight week, finishing 14^th out of 282 runners in the 6K race with a season-best mark of 22:41.1. She was followed by first-year Ashley Novak in 23^rd-place with a season-best mark of 23:02.4, and senior Julia Kocherzat in 47^th-place with a season-best mark of 23:30.1. Completing the Spartans' scorers in the race were junior Grace Jackson, who finished 55^th overall with a time of 23:34.9, and senior Catherine Phillips, who finished 66^th in a time of 23:45.5.

Rounding out the top-seven finishers for CWRU were senior Melissa Phung (72^nd, 23:54.4) and junior Sierra Williams (76^th, 23:59.2). First-year Anna Avila (86^th, 24:08.9), junior Jessica Kwasny (91^st, 24:18.0), and first-year Julia Hluck (123^rd, 24:51.8) each recorded season-best times for CWRU in the invitational race.

Baldwin Wallace's Hope Murphy won the race with a time of 21:45.5.

Sophomore Mandy Lam led a group of seven Spartans in the open women's 6K race on Saturday, placing 30^th out of 134 runners with a time of 24:54.5. First-year Libby Mailloux placed 52^nd and senior Danielle Sarno placed 53^rd with times of 25:43.8 and 25:46.3, respectively.