Lady Bearcats Compete at Fast Cats Classic

The Brescia University Women's Cross-Country teams Co-Hosted with Kentucky Wesleyan and Daviess County High in the Fast Cats Classic on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Yellow Creek Park.

Following directly after the men's race the women started their 5K race. Women's captain Madeline Jones (SO, Mount Carmel, Ill.) finished 52nd out of 152 runners.

Autumn Tonkins (JR, Evansville, Ind.) ran an 11 second PR, moving her time down to 23:42.

Mallory Toler (FR, Rockport, Ind.), Kierra Neighbors (FR, Russellville, Ky) and Mariah Soto (FR, Carlisle, Ky) all made their season debuts, running 26:36, 27:11, and 32:48, respectively.

At the finish of the race Head Coach Luke Stoffel said, "Madeline Jones had a season best performance going under 22 minutes. Autumn Tonkins came away with another personal best time. We competed a full women's squad as well and I was happy with first time performances from Mallory Toler, Kierra Neighbors, and Mariah Soto. I expect to see significant time drops from them come conference time."

The Lady Bearcats will compete again Oct. 20th at the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

By Kirsten Smiley, Editor