Clausing leads Lady Roadrunners at National Championships

Fort Dodge, Iowa- The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Lady Roadrunners women's cross country team brought home a 26^th place finish as a team from the NJCAA Division II Cross Country Championships hosted at the Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 8. The team faced temperatures of 32 degrees along with some rain and snow.

Freshman Maryn Clausing of Peculiar, Mo. recorded the best individual finish for SFCC. Clausing covered the 5K course in a time of 21:33.3 to finish 70^th. Freshman Emily Trelow of Smithton, Missouri placed 129^th with a time of 22:30.1. Freshman Tajel McDaniel of Belle, Mo. finished 152^nd in a time of 23:05.7. Sophomore Alexis Riddle of Independence, Mo. placed 170^th with a time of 23:20.9. Freshman Libbey Baadsgaard of Springfield, Mo. finished 214^th with a time of 24:20.8. Freshman Alexa McCartney of Clinton, Mo. finished 289^th in a time of 26:54.7.

"The women's team had to face the same challenges as the men and met them with the same ferocity and toughness," said co-head coach Kellin Loch. "Alexis Riddle was the only sophomore running for our women's team and improved on her placing from last year's national meet by 32 spots. While the women's team score was not as high as we were hoping to see at the beginning of the season, we're still immensely proud of what they did on the course today. We're even more excited to see our freshmen back next year as sophomores to see what they can do on a course that isn't covered in snow and mud."

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics