HUNTSVILLE, ALA. – The Anderson University women's cross country team placed fifth to finish off the regular season at the UAH Chargers Invitational in Huntsville, Ala. on Saturday morning. The meet, comprised of 26 teams, featured only two South Atlantic Conference teams including Anderson and Lincoln-Memorial (9^th).
 
"The women really stepped up today, and it showed with eight personal bests." said head coach Kevin Eagle. "Kennedy led the charge as she has consistently been running sub-22-minute 6k's all season. We have gotten better each time out, which is exactly what we want as the season progresses. We will continue to focus on the process and not so much the end result. If we do that and show up at regionals in four weeks, the result we're searching for should be there."
 
The Trojans took home fifth place with an average time of 23:05, and a score of 186. Junior Kennedy Roush (Greer, S.C.) led Anderson with an eighth-place personal best finish (21:37.4), followed by sophomore Hope Edmunds finishing 39^th with a 6k PR of 22:37.0 and senior Emma Whitaker crossing the line in 49^th at 22:49.9.
 
Sophomore Natalie States (22:53.6 - PR) and senior Sarah Rudolf (23:13.9) ran a season best and recorded top 100 finishes for the Trojans. Rounding out the scoring for Anderson were freshmen Emory Dargan (23:51.6 - PR) and Sophie Wright (24:36.9 - PR).
 
"It's been a pleasure watching this team grow this year."
 
The Black and Gold have a recovery week before heading to the SAC Championships in Greeneville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Race results can be found here.