NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Vanderbilt cross country teams head to Terre Haute, Indiana, this weekend for the Pre-Nationals Invitational after a strong showing at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational.
Previous SEC Freshman Runner of the Week Maggie Jebitok led the Commodores in Chicago with a sixth-place finish in 19:36.20, while Lily Kriegel added a 14th-place result in 19:46.20 to help Vanderbilt's women place fourth in a nationally competitive field.
The Commodores placed four runners inside the top 50 at Sean Earl, with Claire Petersen finishing 31st in 20:06.15 and freshman Claire Guiberson taking 41st in 20:13.52. Hannah Huyler rounded out Vanderbilt's scoring five in 60th place with a time of 20:25.77.
Betsy Jepkemei (66th, 20:30.10), Myrto Valacha (80th, 20:41.49), Ella Mogannam (87th, 20:46.69) and Carolina Areheart (134th, 21:51.30) also competed for the Commodores in Chicago.
On the men's side, Michael Skora paced Vanderbilt in the 8K championship race with a time of 23:48.82, placing 79th overall. Luke Churchwell followed in 90th at 23:54.04, while Sam Darmanie (116th, 24:26.74), Finn Richards (122nd, 24:36.44) and Mark Meister (128th, 24:49.13) completed Vanderbilt's scoring five as the Commodores finished 16th in the team standings.
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