CHARLOTTE, Mich. - Saint Mary's College Cross Country took home a fifth place finish at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championships in Charlotte, MI on Saturday afternoon.
 
Juniors Jordan Siminski (Crown Point, IN) and Savannah Paulson (Carmel, IN) led the Belles with a 30th and 33rd place finish. Siminski finished with a time of 23:30 while Paulson finished with a time of 23:46.5. Siminski set a career best finish while Paulson set her season best 6k time.
 
Junior Cecilia Conrad (Norton Shores, MI) and freshman Jackie Clemente (Richmond, IN) followed with times of 24:23.7 and 24:26.3 respectively. Senior Mary Weber (Naperville, IL) and sophomore Allie Glendening (Berrien Springs, MI) followed Conrad and Clemente with times of 24:32.4 and 24:33.5. Clemente and Weber both set career best times while Conrad and Glendening set season bests.
 
Freshman Mary Caroline George (Louisville, KY) finished with a time of 24:49.7 while senior Isabelle Auch (Montague, MI) finished with a time of 25:02.5. Freshmen Katelyn Huber (Portland, OR) and Megan McClain (Chicago, IL) followed the two with times of 25:13.3 and 25:34.2. George and McClain finished with career best 6k times.
 
Freshman Sarah Couri (Germantown Hills, IL) finished with a time of 25:41.4. Juniors Anna Scannell (Cedar Falls, IA) and Josie DeWine (Yellow Springs, OH) followed Couri with times of 26:27.3 and 26:44.9. Freshman Greta Duke (Shelbyville, IL) rounded out the competitors for the Belles with a time of 26:59.3. DeWine, Couri, and Duke all finished with a career best time.
 
In total, the Belles finished with eight career best 6k finishes and three season best finishes on the race.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE BELLES
Saint Mary's continues their season on Saturday, November 15, at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional in Louisville, KY at Tom Sawyer State Park.