Women's Cross Country | 10/26/2020 7:36:00 AM

Waverly, IOWA       On a weekend full of personal bests, Qiana Roderick paced the Women's Cross Country team with a 10th place finish at the Wartburg Triangular held Saturday in Wartburg.  Out of 60 runners at this large invitational, the Beavers would end up with three in the top 21, taking spots 14 and 21 to go along with Roderick's 10th.

The effort on the day was not lost on Head Coach Colt Slack, "Our ladies had one heck of a weekend. They ran solid races and competed as a unit. Several PR's on the day which is great timing heading into the conference championships in a few weeks to cap off the year."   Roderick lead the Beavers again on the day, as she has done much of the year, and again, Slack noted her performance, "Qiana led the ladies with a blazing time of 23:09 to finish 10th overall. That puts her second all-time in bvu history."  

After Roderick, track standout Emily Hoesing would grab 14th place in a time of 23:47.26 and soon after that, Latrice Hodges took 21st in a time of 24:34.45.  As a team, the Beavers turned in a great team average but were up against two very strong cross country teams on the day.  "The team turned in the very strong team average of 24:42. Every lady did their part today. We are proud as coaches and look forward to continuing this progress," Coach Slack continued.  The team will have just 7 days to train for the final run of the pandemic shortened year. 

The season soon winds down for the Cross Country team, as they will finish the year looking for National Qualifications at the A-R-C Tournament October 31st in Decorah.