ESTACADA, Ore.—Sophomore
Riley Buese ran the sixth-fastest time in program history to lead Lewis & Clark cross country at the L&C Invite.
THE BASICS
10th - 287 Points
HOW IT HAPPENED
After running the 10th-fastest time in program history in her last race, Buese shaved off exactly 15 seconds on Saturday for a career-best time of 21:49.4. She finished fifth overall and second amongst Division III runners.
Freshmen
Malia Heien and
Madeleine Boyle finished second and third on the team. Heien placed 67th overall with a time of 23:35.0, while Boyle took 90th place (24:11.0).
Sophomore
Ishani Hansji, junior
Katya Schwieterman and freshman
Emogene Lutz crossed the line in quick succession. Hansji (101st) finished in 24:36.4, Schwieterman was next in 24:38.3 and Lutz (24:42.1) placed 106th.
Freshman
Miriam Reside and junior
Cloe Moreno were the next Pioneers pair to finish. Reside placed 168th (26:21.0) and Moreno crossed in 173rd (26:31.0).
Freshman
Clare Lucey and senior
Hanna Callinan took 181 and 195th places. Lucey recorded a time of 26:44.7 and Callinan finished in 27:01.2.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Freshman Lelia Pedersen led the final four Pioneers runners. Pedersen (27:17.7), freshmen Tara Elsa (27:38.1), senior Gillian Pifer (28:35.0) and junior Madley Overstreet (29:51.2) wrapped up the Pioneers finishers.
- Buese started her sophomore year in 12th place in program history and has moved up in each of her first two 6Ks. Her time of 21:49.4 is just 15.2 seconds shy of 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee Tamma Carleton's PR of 21:35.2 (fifth-place all-time).
- As a team, the Pioneers finished 10th overall but second amongst the seven Division III teams who competed. The Pioneers (287) finished just ahead of Pacific University (301) and Pacific Lutheran University (315).
- L&C women's alums Samantha Bowen (26:44.4) and Laura Thomas (28:31.3) came back and competed at the Pioneers annual race.
WHAT'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark will be off from competition next week, before traveling to Hillsboro for the 2022 Northwest Conference Championship Meet.
