Women's Cross Country: Big Red finishes eighth at All-Ohio Championships

Junior Katie Navarre (Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington) led the Denison women's cross country to an eighth place finish in the Division III standings at the 2009 All-Ohio Cross Country Championships from Methodist Theological School on Friday in Delaware, Ohio.

Navarre finished in a time of 18:33.5 which landed her second place out of all Division III athletes.  That impressive time also landed her fifth place in the overall standings out of 285 total runners, which is the best finish by a Denison male or female runner at All-Ohio in school history.  The junior also set a new program-best time for a DU women's runner at the All-Ohio Championships, breaking the record she set last year (18:37.5).

Trailing Navarre  for the Big Red was first year Julie Cantelon (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) who logged a time of 21:07.2 which secured her a 38th-place finish.  Sophomore Ani Mutafove (Canton, Ohio/Jackson) crossed the line next for DU in a time of 21:14.5, while rookie Michelle Clark (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria Catholic) finished in 21:41.5.  Rounding out the Denison scoring was senior Kelsey Pence (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) with a time of 22:07.1.

The Big Red return to action on Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Gettysburg Invitational.

Division III Women's Results [txt]

Overall Women's Results [txt]