Bobcat Women's CC 12th in Heart Championship

(Peru, Neb.) – On another windy and what turned out to be a warm day in November, the Peru State women's cross country team finished 12^th of 14 teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (Heart) Championship.
 
Baker (Kan.) hosted the event on Saturday in Baldwin City.
 
Benedictine (Kan.) won the championship with a team total of 24. The hosts finished second with 71 points.

Other placings included: third – MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) – 98, fourth – Mount Mercy (Iowa) – 128, fifth – Graceland (Iowa) – 165, sixth – Grand View (Iowa) – 172, seventh – Clarke (Iowa) – 189, eighth – Central Methodist (Mo.) – 206, ninth – William Penn (Iowa) – 245, tenth – Evangel (Mo.) – 262, 11^th – Park (Mo.) – 269, 12^th – Peru State – 326, 13^th – Missouri Valley – 347, and 14^th – Culver-Stockton (Mo.) – 397.
 
Briana McLaughlin (Robins, Iowa) led Peru State in the championship by finishing 49^th in a time of 22:13.55. McLaughlin placed 43^rd in terms of scoring.
 
Alyssa Brink (Oakland, Iowa) finished 80^th/60^th in a time of 23:56.20 while Hailey Clark (Tecumseh) was 92^nd/69^th in 25:12.89. 

Sierra Jones (Falls City) was 100^th/73^rd in 26:07.41. This was Jones' best time of the season. Annika McDonald (Tecumseh) finished 109^th/81^st in 29:24.41 while Makalah Scheele (Beatrice) was 114^th/85^th in 31:38.73.
 
Peru State ran without two runners due to the COVID-19 virus. Aubrey Wattier (Malcolm) and Isabella Watkins (Omaha) were unable to compete as they were quarantined due to contact tracing.
 
This was the final meet of the season for Peru State under the leadership of coaches James Cole and Jim Thurman.