Mastodon Freshman Pair Lead Squad at Summit Championships

Saturday, October 27

Rochester, Mich.

TBA

Purdue Fort Wayne

The Summit League Championships

Photo by: Lucas Carter

Mastodon Freshman Pair Lead Squad at Summit Championships

10/27/2012 1:24:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

COMPLETE RESULTS

ROCHESTER, Mich. - Behind the performances of freshmen Katie Simmons and Andrea Bell, the IPFW Mastodons placed sixth at the 2012 Summit League Championships hosted by Oakland University.

IPFW finished the event with 164 points for its first five runners, seven behind fifth-place Omaha. North Dakota State brought home the team championship with 36 points, while South Dakota (59), South Dakota State (63), and Oakland (117) closing out the top five. IUPUI (176), Western Illinois (196), and UMKC (214) rounded out the nine teams in the women's field.

Katie Simmons, running in her first collegiate conference meet, placed 28th in a time of 23:41, while Andrea Bell finished two places later in a time of 23:44.8.

Three juniors rounded out the scoring five for IPFW, led by Kayla Boyes' 33rd place finish in a time of 23:47.1. Amaya Ayers (34th/23:47.1) and Julia Jeszenszky (39th/23:56.6) closed out the scoring five.

There were just 11 places and 15 seconds separating IPFW's top five finishers in the meet.

Anna Reibs (42nd/24:01.5) and Rebecca Jacobs (65th/25:24.7) closed out the team's top seven, as Jordan Tomecek and Alexa Brown also competed for IPFW, placing 67th and 71st in times of 25:55.9 and 26:28.2, each.

The Mastodons close out the 2012 season in two weeks on November 9 when the squad competes at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, hosted by the University of Wisconsin.

~ Feel the Rumble ~