MARSHALL, Mich. - Saint Mary's College Cross Country took home a fourth place team finish at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championships on Saturday. This was the team's best finish at the MIAA Championships since 2019. On the day, 15 Belles set season best times while three set career best times.
The day was highlighted by freshman Adelaide Lulich (Canonsburg, PA) who took home her fourth individual win of the season as well as the first MIAA Individual title in program history. Her win was also only the third top five finish at the Championships in program history and the first since 2016. She finished with a personal best time of 21:32.5 which also sets the program record for a 6k race. Lulich beat the field by almost seven seconds while also setting the program record by almost 16 seconds.
She would be followed by senior Savannah Paulson (Carmel, IN) who added a career day as she finished with a career best time of 23:25.1 and took home a 32nd place finish. Fellow senior Jordan Siminski (Crown Point, IN) and junior Allie Glendening (Berrien Springs, MI) would finish one right after another in 43rd and 44th place. Siminski finished with a season best time of 23:49 while Glendening added a career best 6k time of 23:50.5.
Senior Cecilia Conrad (Norton Shores, MI) took home a 53rd place finish as the final scorer for the Belles on the morning with a season best time of 24:03.2. Freshman Stella Brehnan (Port Huron, MI) would follow close behind with a time of 24:10.4, a season best, and a 57th place finish.
Freshman Elizabeth Salinas (Dearborn, MI) added a season best time of 24:50.8 and a 69th place finish. Sophomore Jackie Clemente (Richmond, IN) wouldn't finish far behind as took a 71st place finish and a season best time of 24:55.3. Sophomore Mary Caroline George (Louisville, KY) and freshman Bridget Begley (Palos Heights, IL) finished within a tenth of a second of one another. George taking 75th with a time of 25:22.2 while Begley finished in 76th with a time of 25:22.3, a season best.
Sophomore Megan McClain (Chicago, IL) and freshman Ella Trenerry (Granger, IN) rounded out the top 100 finishers for the Belles as they took 92nd and 95th place finishes. McClain finished with a season best time of 25:56.4 while Trenerry added a season best of her own of 26:00.4.
Senior Josie DeWine (Yellow Springs, OH) and sophomore Greta Duke (Shelbyville, IL) would follow one another with 104th and 105th place finishes. DeWine would add a season best time of 26:49.4 while Duke added a career best time of 26:56.2. Freshmen Monica Klockenkemper (Godfrey, IL), Elsie Markillie (Richland, MI), and Stella Lipinski (Lansing, MI) rounded out the finishers for Saint Mary's in 110th, 111th, and 118th place finishes. Klockenkemper added a season best time of 27:12.7 while Lipinski added a season best 28:07.1.
UP NEXT FOR THE BELLES
Saint Mary's is back in action on November 14 as they head to the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional in East Lansing, MI.
