EAST LANSING, Mich. - Saint Mary's College Cross Country freshman Adelaide Lulich (Canonsburg, PA) took home All-Region honors at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional race on Saturday.

Lulich led the Belles with an incredible second place finish and a time of 22:02.0, beating out the third place finisher by just one tenth of a second. Lulich started her day strong as she found herself in 10th after the first 1,000 meters. She would work her way all the way up into fifth at the midway 3,000 meter mark before dropping back to eighth quickly. Going into the final stretch, Lulich would put up her second best 1,000 meter stretch of the day at 3:36.9 as she jumped six spots to find herself in second place crossing the finish line. She finished as the highest finisher of all the MIAA competitors and was the only freshman to finish inside the top 15.

Her second place finish is the highest for a Belle in program history at the NCAA Regionals while she also put up the second fastest time at a Regional in team history. This is the eighth time that a Belle has taken home All-Region honors and the first since 2016. Lulich also becomes one of just five individuals to take home the honors and is the first freshman to do so. 

The second place finish also secures Lulich a place at the NCAA Division III National Championships on November 21 in Northfield, MN. This will be just the third time that a Belle has qualified for the NCAA Championships as she joins Saint Mary's Hall of Fame member Megan Gray as the only individuals to compete in the championships, Gray doing so in 2006 and 2007.