Trio of Women's Cross Country Freshman Crack Top-50 All-Time Times At Western Oregon

Malia Heien, Madeleine Boyle and Emogene Lutz all posted top-50 times in program history

MONMOUTH, Ore.—Three Lewis & Clark freshmen cracked the top-50 all-time in program history, to lead Lewis & Clark women's cross country at the Mike Johnson Classic on Friday morning at Western Oregon University.

THE BASICS

5^th Place – 112 Points

HOW IT HAPPENED

Malia Heien, Madeleine Boyle and Emogene Lutz all posted top-50 times in program history, to highlight a strong performance by the Pioneers.

Heien led the trio, as she finished in 12^th place overall with a time of 22:59.9. Her time placed her 22^nd in program history all-time.

Boyle finished second on the team for a third-consecutive meet. The Pio freshman came across the line in 23:21.1 for an 18^th-place finish. Her time is the 28^th-fastest time in program history.

Lutz, running in her second collegiate meet, placed fourth on the team and 28^th overall. Her mark of 24:06.1 is the 49^th-fastest time in Pios history.

Junior Katya Schwieterman placed third on the team and 25^th overall. Her time of 23:56.1 is the third-fastest 6K of her career.

Sophomore Ishani Hansji rounded out the Pioneers top-five. The sophomore beat her career-best time in a 6K race by over a minute, as she finished with a time of 24:15.2 (31^st overall).

Junior Cloe Moreno led the next pack of Lewis & Clark runners. She came in 45^th place with a career-best time of 25:19.6. Freshmen Clare Lucey (making her collegiate debut) and Miriam Reside finished back-to-back with times of 25:34 and 25:40.1.

Seniors Hanna Callinan and Gillian Pifer were next to finish, as the duo came across in 26:04.9 and 26:35.1.

Freshmen Lelia Pedersen (25:50.6), Tara Elsa (27:19.9) and junior Madley Overstreet (31:35.2) rounded out the race for the Pioneers.

BY THE NUMBERS

Lewis & Clark now has five runners who own times in the top-50 in program history. In addition to Heien (22^nd), Boyle (28^th) and Lutz (49^th), sophomore Riley Buese (10^th) and Schwieterman (37^th) also sit in the top-50.
Heien finished third amongst all Division III runners. She was sitting 23^rd at the first split and 20^th at split two, before ranking in the top-15 for the final three splits.
Racing without Buese, the Pioneers finished second amongst three Northwest Conference squads. Pacific University (93) points edged the Pioneers, while Lewis & Clark held off George Fox University (113) by one point.