Estacada, Ore. – The Bethany Lutheran women's cross country team placed 18^th in the 23-team field at the Lewis and Clark Invite with 519 points. The field featured two Top 35 teams from the latest the USTFCCCA poll.

"Our women ran very well today as many in the group ran personal bests and di so on a longer than 8K course," said head coach Michael Dunn. "The women looked like they wanted it this weekend and really performed well."
 
Bethany's finishers:
69           Kayla TOBIN             23:26.1
151        Jordan MERWIN        25:29.9
169        Cianna HOPPE           26:00.2
181        Rachel SOVACOOL 26:22.8
196        Angela ZACCARIA   27:01.8
202      Chloe Kuhlman          27:13.6
215        Alexandra STITT       27:46.1
226      Naomi ANDERSON 28:36.3
233      Emmeline METZ        29:58.8
 
Tobin had the fifth-best time in program history.
 
Team standings

PL	Team	Score
1	#21 Carleton	81
2	Seattle U.	98
3	Portland	99
4	Portland State	128
5	Oregon State	176
6	#33 Loras	181
7	Southern Oregon	199
8	St. Benedict	213
9	Pacific (Ore.)	237
10	LCXC Alumni	252
11	Lewis & Clark	273
12	Whitman	300
13	Pacific Lutheran	360
14	Lane CC	395
15	Whitworth	396
16	George Fox	453
17	Whatcom CC	515
18	Bethany Lutheran	519
19	Corban	558
20	Puget Sound	574
21	Clark College	593
22	Everett CC	603
23	Olympic College	640

T
he Vikings return to competition Saturday, Oct. 30 at the UMAC Conference Championships.