Lady Roadrunners win fourth consecutive Region Championship

Festus, Mo.-The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Lady Roadrunners women's cross country team won another Region 16 Division II Cross Country Championship sweeping the top five places in the race at Larry G. Crites Memorial Park in Festus, Mo. on Friday Oct. 24.

Freshman Maryn Clausing of Peculiar, Mo. captured the individual championship covering the 5K course in a time of 21:03.78.

Sophomore Alexis Riddle of Independence, Mo. placed second with a time of 21:49.14.

Freshman Emily Trelow of Smithton, Mo. finished third in a time of 22:05.29.

Freshman Libbey Baadsgaard of Springfield, Missouri added a fourth-place finish with a time of 22:12.74.

Freshman Tajel McDaniel of Belle, Mo. contributed a fifth-place finish with time of 22:17.75.

Clausing, Riddle. Trelow, Baadsgaard and McDaniel earned All-Region 16 honors for SFCC. SFCC will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the NJCAA National Championships.

"The conditions were great; the temperature was cool and the rain held off, making for some ideal conditions," said co-head coach Kellin Loch. "We ran against all the teams in the region across the three divisions. We got to see some good competition and athletes that pushed us at the meet, especially from Crowder. The women's team swept the meet within our division. Alexis Riddle ran a very smart race and ended up with almost a 30-second personal record."

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics