King Placed In Top 10 For Third Consecutive Race At The Spartan Invitational

Friday, September 17

East Lansing, MI

11 AM

Purdue Fort Wayne

Michigan State University

King Placed In Top 10 For Third Consecutive Race At The Spartan Invitational

9/17/2021 1:30:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Individual Results Team Results

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Purdue Fort Wayne women's cross country student-athlete Madison King placed in the top 10 for a third consecutive race at the Spartan Invitational on Friday, Sept. 17.

As a team, the Mastodons finished 12^th out of 20 teams with 332 points in the women's 6K and the race consisted of 236 runners. Michigan State won the race with a total of 36 points.

King started the race in 43^rd place at the mile mark with a time of 5:53.80. She would climb her way towards the top of the standings throughout the race, and would finish in eighth place with a 6K time of 22:13.90.

Behind King was Brooke Neal, who finished in 74^th place (23:48.90), Kathy Potter in 113^th place (24:49.70), Paige Benecke in 140^th place (25:24.40), Makaila Groves in 148^th place (25:36.30), Madison Langdon in 165^th place (26:08.80), Mercedes Sarver in 166^th place (26:14.20, new personal record), Aeryn Bradley in 198^th place (28:53.60) and Michaela Sheets in 219th place (31:13.1).

The Mastodons will be back in action on Friday and Saturday Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. A group of student-athletes will travel to Huntington, Ind. to compete in the Huntington Invitational, hosted by Huntington University on Friday, Oct. 1. A second group of student-athletes will travel to Louisville, Ky. to compete in the Live In Lou Classic, hosted by the University of Louisville, on Saturday, Oct. 2.

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