CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Paced by junior Whitney Bishoff's 11th-place finish, the Anderson women's cross country team earned 13th place at the Royals Cross Country Challenge, hosted by Queens University of Charlotte Friday at McAlpine Creek Park.
In a potential preview of next month's South Atlantic Conference Championship as well as the NCAA Southeast Regional, five SAC teams competed in the event that included nearly 700 competitors and 35 teams, in addition to notable Division I institutions such as Florida State, Georgia Tech, Elon and Davidson, UNC Greensboro and UNC Asheville.
Actually split into two races due to the number of teams, Anderson ran the "Gold" 5k distance.
Bishoff (18:05.6) posted her best time of season, trimming more than three seconds off her time at Clemson nearly three weeks ago and finishing 11th out of the combined 290 runners in both the "Gold" and "Blue races.
Freshman Lydia Davis (18:55.6) shaved nearly 28 seconds from her time at Louisville to claim 46th in the field. Sophomore Emily Eckroth (20:04.2) crossed the finish line in 103rd, while freshman Madeline Fitts (20:15.8) finished 110th.
Freshman Hannah Robles (21:00.4) finished 138th and Amanda Johnson (21:43.4), sophomore Isabel Berry (21:43.9) and freshman Madison Guest (22:33.4) crossed the line in 157th, 158th and 173rd, respectively.
Anderson will get back on the course Friday, Oct. 22, when the Trojans travel to Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C.
Anderson
11 Whitney Bishoff Jr Anderson Uinversity 18:05.6
46 Lydia Davis Fr Anderson University 18:55.6
103 Emily Eckroth So Anderson University 20:04.2
110 Madeline Fitts Fr Anderson University 20:15.8
138 Hannah Robles Fr Anderson University 21:00.4
157 Amanda Johnson So Anderson University 21:43.4
158 Isabel Berry So Anderson University 21:43.9
173 Madison Guest Fr Anderson University 22:33.4
1 Florida State 76 18:18.0
2 UNC‐Greensboro 99 18:22.8
3 Georgia Tech 115 18:25.2
4 Lee University 137 18:36.0
5 Davidson 153 18:42.0
6 Queens University 157 18:42.6
7 Elon University 170 18:46.8
8 Shorter University 239 19:03.0
9 Northern Kentucky 248 19:15.6
10 King College 251 19:13.2
11 Columbus State 259 19:20.4
12 Augusta State University 303 19:31.8
13 Anderson Uinversity 315 19:40.2
14 Mount Olive 430 20:25.2
15 Clayton State 432 20:26.4
16 Charleston Southern 435 20:22.2
17 UNC‐Pembroke 445 20:30.6
18 Wingate University 471 20:44.4
19 Spartanburg Methodist 492 21:05.4
