Grinnell women gear up for MWC Championships with strong effort at Augustana

Results

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Arushi Kharbanda '29 led the way and two other Grinnell College women's cross country runners moved up the program's all-time chart as the Pioneers had a strong effort at Saturday's Augustana College Interregional Invite Gold Division.

Kharbanda toured the 6-kilometer Saukie Golf Course route in 22 minutes, 52.2 seconds to place 120th in a loaded field of 314. Hannah Roth '27 was next in line for Grinnell, running 23:03.2. That time ranks 24th in GC history.

Lizzie Drew '28 added a time of 23:17.6, Ella McEntee '29 ran 23:25.2 and Cindy Wang '28 rounded out the list of scorers in 23:30.7. Wang's time ranks 38th all-time at GC.

Also for the Pioneers, Julia Toro '29 ran 24:23.7 and Julia Chang '29 finished in 24:29.8.

Grinnell finished 22nd in the team standings with 664 points. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse was the champ with 67 and Charlie Flint of Colorado College was the individual winner in 20:54.5.

Grinnell also had a team in the Blue Division and finished 16th with 509 points. Chloe Song '30 was the top GC runner, finishing 109th in 24:27.9.

The Pioneers' next action is the Midwest Conference Championships in Beloit, Wis., on Oct. 31.

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Players Mentioned

Julia Chang: Sophomore

Lizzie Drew: Sophomore

Arushi Kharbanda: Sophomore

Ella McEntee: Sophomore

Hannah Roth: Senior

Julia Toro: Sophomore

Cindy Wang: Junior

Chloe Song: First-Year

Players Mentioned

Julia Chang
: Sophomore

Lizzie Drew
: Sophomore

Arushi Kharbanda
: Sophomore

Ella McEntee
: Sophomore

Hannah Roth
: Senior

Julia Toro
: Sophomore

Cindy Wang
: Junior

Chloe Song
: First-Year