GRINNELL, Iowa – The Illinois College men's and women's cross country teams ran their longest races of the season on Saturday at Grinnell College's Les Duke Invitational. In a large field, the Blueboys ended in 13th place out of 16 teams, while the Lady Blues ended in 10th place out of 11 teams.
The morning began with the women's 6k race. Kailey Acra and Ashley Devlin finished seconds apart from each other with Acra crossing the finish line as IC's top runner on the day with a time of 28:54.5. Devlin ended in 28:58.1.
Not far behind, Ashlyn Haage ran a 29:34.9 and Rebecca Lucas closed out her race in 29:46.5. Elizabeth Ruvalcaba was the final runner on the course for the Lady Blues, ending in 31:27.1. Illinois College topped Midwest Conference foe Knox College in the team standings.
In the men's 8k race that followed,
Grant Seniker once again posted Illinois College's top time among the men, crossing the line in 29:34.1.
Eduardo Fulgencio was next up with a 30:31.5.
Jacob Fedderke was IC's third scorer in the race, completing the course in 31:13.0. The final four runners for the Blueboys were all freshmen, with
Steven Melin ending in 31:32.9,
Lucas Brown running a 33:28.3,
Parker Perrine recording a 35:34.3 and
Connor Warhausen wrapping it up in 37:53.0.
Illinois College has two weeks off from competition before the season picks back up on Oct. 4 at Augustana College's Brissman/Lundeen Invitational in Rock Island, Ill.
