Spartans Best Women's Finish Ever at IIAC Championships
Oct 27, 2012 | J.Crane
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - The University of Dubuque Women's Cross Country team finished with the lowest point total ever and the highest finish ever when they placed 5th in the 2012 Iowa Conference Cross Country Championships with a score of 159.
Senior Megan Bloedow (Gays Mills, Wis./Boscobel) lead the Spartan with a time of 24:07.8 to earn 24th place. Bloedow has best the top Spartans finisher in all seven races this season. Brenda Nava (Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech) also finished in the Top 30 with her 28th place finish at 24:56.4.
Freshman Kelly Lesniak (Spring Hill, Tenn./Independence) and Kelly Hauber (Ridgeway, Iowa/South Winn.) each ran personal best 6k times.
2012 Iowa Conference Cross Country Championships Hosted By Coe College at Noelridge Park, Cedar Rapids, IA 10/27/2012 5. 159 University of Dubuque (25:03.9 125:19.5 1:27.1) =========================================== 1 24 Megan Bloedow Sr 24:07.8 2 28 Brenda Nava So 24:56.4 3 34 Kelly Lesniak Fr 25:11.0 4 35 Kelly Hauber Fr 25:29.4 5 38 Beth Michaelis Sr 25:34.9 6 ( 46) Rachael Busjahn So 26:45.0 7 ( 47) Samantha Holen So 26:57.0