Lady Roadrunners open season

Bolivar, Mo. – The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Lady Roadrunners' cross country team finished eighth as a team at the Bearcat Invitational hosted by Southwest Baptist University at the Bolivar Municipal Golf Course on Friday morning, Sept. 5.

Freshman Libbey Baadsgaard of Springfield, Missouri, recorded the best finish for SFCC, covering the 5K course in 21:46.45 to finish 62nd.

Freshman Emily Trelow of Smithton, Missouri, placed 64th with a time of 21:49.84.

Freshman Vyla Brown of Clinton, Missouri, finished 65th in 22:00.09.

Freshman Lindsay Burnett of Hamilton, Missouri, placed 66th with a time of 22:02.75.

Freshman Maryn Clausing of Peculiar, Missouri, recorded a 22:03.89 to finish 67th.

Freshman Tajel McDaniel of Belle, Missouri, crossed in 22:05.65 to place 68th.

Sophomore Alexis Riddle of Independence, Missouri, came in 70th with a time of 22:16.75.

Freshman Alexa McCartney of Clinton, Missouri, finished 86th with a time of 26:10.93.

"Our ladies had a great day," said co-head coach Kellin Loch. "We ended with seven of our runners within a 30-second spread of each other, which is fantastic. The team, as a whole, looks strong and seeing them so close to each other has me excited to see what comes out of this team at the end of the season. Libbey Baadsgaard was our number one runner this week, and a well-deserved number one. She gave it her all for the entirety of the race and I think her time reflected that. This was also a 44-second PR for her. That was not the only PR we saw out of the race. Tajel McDaniel had a 19-second personal best, and Alexis Riddle had a lifetime best as well, beating her best high school time by 26 seconds. Additionally, when comparing Riddle's time from this meet last year, she saw an improvement of more than two minutes!"

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics