TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Loras College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Division III Pre-National Meet on Friday evening at La Verne Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
 
Championship Women's 6K
Out of 389 runners, Becca Diddia finished 75^th clocking in a time of 22:55.60.  The next Duhawk to cross the finish line was Frankie Chaidez who placed 125^th with a time of 23:38.02. Natalia Wrobel finished 165^th with a time of 24:10.57, while Bailey Vaughan clocked in a time of 24:27.90 which earned her 192^nd place. Paige Jacobs finished 247^th with a time of 25:01.79, while Ivy Glendening finished 250^th with a 25:05.63. Rounding out the scoring was Lily Molloy who ran a  25:12.40 placing her in 250^th place.

Hannah Landwehr finished 262^nd (25:15.23), Emily Jackson finished 280^th (25:30.28), and Maddie Mathis finished 319^th (26:25.61).

The women placed 25^th as a team out of 44 teams.

Open Women's 6K
Three Duhawks ran in the Open Women's 6k. Hunter Jones finished 53^rd (25:56.7), Sarah Gibson finished 101^st (27:32.37), and Olivia Carroll finished 144^th (29:44.08) out of 174 runners.
 
Championship Men's 8K
Leading the pack was Isaac Bourne who clocked in a time of 25:05.30 to finish in 23rd place. Not far behind in 33^rd place came Julian Watson with a time of 25:19.66. Eric Rutherford finished 70^th running 25:46.76. In 77^th place was Jacob Belha who earned a time of 25:52.91. Jack Beehler finished 110^th with a time of 26:12.01. 119^th place was Aaron Lodwig clocking in a time of 26:58.74. Earning the last points of the night for the Duhawks was Colby Cryer with a 251^st place finish with a time of 27:32.91 out of 405 runners. 

Logan Hoger finished 261^st (27:32.91), Landis Musser finished 286^th (27:45.16), and Will Yasdick finished 300^th (27:56.03)

The No. 26 Duhawks finished 8^th out 46 teams.
 
Open Men's 8k
Finishing 9^th out of 21 teams in the Men's Open 8K, Carlo Dannenfelser led the Duhawks coming in 28^th place with a time of 26:46.05. Carson Hendrey finished 75^th clocking in a time of 27:52.46. Just seconds behind, came Brayden Frey in 79^th place with a time of 27:55.36. Evan Schlichting in 80^th place earned a time of 27:55.43. Sam Horman placed 85^th running a 28:03.79. Lucas Arnold placed 87^th with a time of 28:06.42. Securing the last points for the Purple and Gold was Cade Messer who finished in 96^th place with a time of 28:19.10.

Aiden Ruiz finished 113^th (28:31.75), Enoch Thielhelm finished 162^nd (29:20.14), Ben Zimmer finished 184^th (29:52.17), and Vince Frederiksen finished 206^th (30:23.82)

Up Next: The Duhawks are set to compete at Saukie Golf Course at the Augustana Interregional on Saturday, Oct. 19. The women begin at 11 a.m. and men begin at 11:45 a.m.