LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.—Women's Cross Country kicked off their 2022 season with a strong showing at the Lewis & Clark opener against a field of teams from several division. 
 
THE BASICS
 
Team Results – 4^th Place (7 teams) – 110 points 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Freshmen Malia Heien and Madeleine Boyle led the way for the Pioneers in their first collegiate competition. 
 
Heien finished the 3-mile course 15^th overall and fourth amongst Division III runners with a time of 18:15.2. Boyle came in five spots behind her (20^th overall) when she crossed the line in 18:30.1. 
 
Junior Katya Schwieterman rounded out the Pioneers top three with a time of 18:53.2 (23^rd place). 
 
Lewis & Clark freshman Miriam Reside was the next Pio to cross the line, as she came across in 19:48.2 (36^thplace). 
 
Junior Cloe Moreno was the final Lewis & Clark scorer on Thursday, as she finished the race in 20:03.5 to finish in 40^th place. 
 
Lelia Pedersen (21:09.0) came in sixth on the team and Gillian Pifer (21:43.8) and Madley Overstreet (22:06.00) finished back-to-back in seventh and eighth. 
 
Tara Elsa (22:30.4) and Sylvia Barclay (24.09) rounded out the Pioneers top-10 on the day. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS
 

• Three of the Pioneers top four finishers were making their collegiate debuts. In total, five of Lewis & Clark's 10 runners were running in their first collegiate race. 
• Heien was in 15^th place after the first 1,650M, 3,330M and finished in 15^th overall. 
• Thursday's race included Division I schools University of Oregon (1^st place), Oregon State University (2^nd place) and defending Northwest Conference Champions George Fox University (3^rd place). 

 
WHO'S NEXT 
 
The Pioneers will be off until Friday, September 16, when they travel to Western Oregon University for the first of two times this month. The first race is the Ash Creek Collegiate Meet and will kick off at 5:45 p.m.