Women's Results

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Grinnell College women's cross country runners Sarah Burnell '14 and Diana Seer '15 both came up with big performances to earn NCAA Division III All-Central Region honors Saturday.

Burnell earned the honor for the second year in a row after placing 12th in a 186-runner field at the Regional Championships. She ran the 6-kilometer race in 22:35.94.

Burnell stands a good chance of earning a repeat trip to the NCAA Division III National Championships via an at-large bid. That will be determined Sunday.

Seer placed 23rd to collect All-Region honors for the first time in her career. She had a time of 23:14.14.

Their efforts helped Grinnell to a seventh-place finish in the 27-team field. The Pioneers' 216-point total was comfortably ahead of the 301 put up by Cornell College, a team Grinnell beat by a mere point at the Midwest Conference Championships two weeks ago.

Other scorers for Grinnell were Alosha Southern '17 (58th in 23:55.29), Samantha Kubica '16 (60th in 23:55.69) and Paulina Campbell '16 (63rd in 23:58.19).

Kubica took 26 seconds off her personal best while moving from 34th to 21st on the program's all-time chart. Campbell moved from 25th to 23rd.

Others in the top seven were Meg Rudy '14 (105th in 24:35.19) and Alison Bayly '15 (115th in 24:53.74).

Chelsea Johnson of St. Scholastica was the individual champ in 21:10.99, while Wartburg College was the team winner with 86 points.

The national meet is next Saturday at Hanover, Ind.