CEDARVILLE – A split University of Dayton women's cross country team placed fifth at the 28th Annual Friendship Invitational hosted by Cedarville University at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course Saturday morning. The other portion of the Flyers competed and took second place at Notre Dame in the National Catholic Invitational Friday.
 
Abbie VanFossen was Dayton's leader, finishing ninth of 126 runners in a time of 19:18.1.

Three Flyers had PRs in the race: Aileen Hull, Katie Miller, and Reilly Madsen.  Miller took more than 56 seconds off her previous PR.

COACH JASON ORDWAY'S COMMENTS
Our women's squad had a few welcome surprises this morning. Senior Abbie VanFossen ran a very strong race today as our top finisher, showing she is strong enough to join our top squad. She was followed by freshmen Aileen Hull and Katie Miller who both had great races as they are figuring out collegiate racing week after week and gaining valuable racing experience we will need in the years to come. All in all we had a very successful weekend. We're looking to get a bit more work in before our next big challenge at Notre Dame in two weeks. We're excited to see all our hard work start to really show through on the bigger stages as the season progresses.


NCAA DIVISION I TEAM RESULTS
1. Morehead State – 32
2. Wright State – 48
3. Miami (Ohio) – 119
4. Dayton – 133

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
9. Abbie VanFossen – 19:18.1
18. Aileen Hull – 19:46.9  PR
22. Katie Miller – 20:03.1  PR
35. Kaci Bornhorst – 20:44.3
49. Reilly Madsen – 21:17.8  PR
53. Palmer Madsen – 21:55.7
63. Mary Claire Mikolay – 22:42.8


UP NEXT
The Flyers will compete at the 63rd Annual Joe Piane Meet in a 5k race at Notre Dame on Friday, Sept. 28.