@DubC_XCTR closes out season at NCAA Regionals

@DubC_XCTR closes out season at NCAA Regionals

HOLLAND, MI - The Wilmington College cross country teams traveled to Hope College Saturday for NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regionals. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

Women

  • Senior Stephanie Fetters (West Milton,OH/Milton-Union) ran the final 6k race of her career in a time of 27:52.1, which was her second fastest 6k of the season. This time placed her 218th out of 232 athletes.

Men

  • The men competed in an 8k race and finished with an average time of  28:26.8, nearly half a minute faster than their average at the OAC Championship meet only two weeks before. The team finished 33rd out of 36 competing teams.

  • Junior Griffin Stith (Batavia, OH/Batavia) finished first for the Fightin' Quakers in 27:19.6. His time earned him 132nd place in the field of 249 athletes.

  • Sophomore Rick Pride (Mount Orab, OH/Western Brown) finished next in 166th place overall, his time 27:56.1.

  • The next finishes for the Fightin' Quakers came from freshman Jeff Clydesdale (Circleville, OH/Logan Elm) and sophomore Gage Egner (Blanchester, OH/Blanchester). Clydesdale finished in 28:27.1 for 186th place, and Egner in 28:54.8 for 199th place.

  • Rounding out the Regional team for the Fightin' Quakers were junior Cameron Erwin (South Vienna, OH/Northeastern) who finished in 215th place (29:36.3) and sophomore Elliott Phillimore (Old Fort, OH/Old Fort) who finished 220th (29:42.5).