ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Illinois College men's and women's cross country teams got back to action after a long layoff on Friday at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational, hosted by Augustana College. Competing in large fields, the Lady Blues finished 16th and the Blueboys ended in 22nd in their respective races.
The afternoon began with a women's 6k and Kailey Acra was the top finisher for Illinois College. The junior crossed the finish line seconds ahead of Ashley Devlin in a time of 27:37.7. Devlin was right behind at 27.41.6.
Not far behind was Rebecca Lucas with a time of 28:07.4. The final two runners for the Lady Blues were Ashlyn Haage (28:59.0) and Elizabeth Ruvalcaba (30:15.1).
The men's 8k followed the conclusion of the women's race and freshman Steve Melin ended as the top male finisher for the Blueboys with a time of 28:54.7. Two more IC men finished a split second apart with
Grant Seniker (29:04.2) just edging out
Eduardo Fulgencio (29:06.0).
Other scorers for the Blueboys in the race were
Jacob Fedderke (29:33.4) and
Lucas Brown (31:20.2). The other runners on the course for Illinois College were
Anthony Canton (31:52.8),
Connor Warhausen (34:06.3) and
Parker Perrine (34:47.8).
The Blueboys and Lady Blues are back home next weekend to host the IC Invite at 11 a.m.
