The 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference cross country Championship is three weeks away, and Ashland University junior
Nate Slater and senior
Lily Dowdell look like they are ready.
On Friday (Oct. 4) night at the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational, both Slater and Dowdell won their respective races – Slater with a PR in the men's 8K, and Dowdell with an AU PR in the women's 6K.
Slater crossed the finish line in 25:23.8. That helped the Eagle men to a second-place finish in the 22-team field with 82 team points, trailing only Ohio State Running Club (78).
Another junior,
Michael Snopik, took eighth in 26:11.6. Senior
Colton Pinkerton (14
th, 26:25.9), fifth-year
Konnor Ray (18
th, 26:31.9), and junior
Daylen Madison (41
st, PR of 27:04.1) rounded out the AU scoring.
Dowdell's new best 6K time as an Eagle was 22:03.6. She led the AU women's seventh-place finish in the 17-team field (160 team points). Host OWU won with 44 team points, followed by Allegheny (54) and Ohio State Running Club (99).
Sophomore
Lauren Bero was 28
th (23:38.5), sophomore
Molly Coleman took 40
th (PR of 24:00.3), sophomore
Amandine Binet was 51
st (PR of 24:28.3), and sophomore
Elisabeth Willett finished 59
th (24:38.7).
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Ashland's men and women will finish the regular season at the Lewis Crossover on Oct. 12 at 9:45 a.m..
