Female harriers consistent entering regionals

By Brodee Gillam

Sports Editor

The LCC women's cross country team competed in the Muskegon Invitational 5K at the University Park Golf Course in Muskegon, on Friday, Oct. 14, showing the same consistency it has shown all year.

The team finished second to only Michigan State in the invitational, with the Stars scoring 37 compared to Michigan State's 32.

Freshman Casey Mossholder displayed the same dominant strides she has shown all season, finishing with a time of 18:32. Mossholder placed sixth overall out of 134 harriers and first for the Stars.

Sophomore and returning regional champion Kaitlin Beyer is coming on at the right time as well, finishing with a time of 18:53.

Beyer said the consistency throughout the team has helped everyone.

"People are starting to move up on our team … the middle pack is moving up with the front pack; everybody is encouraging each other," Beyer said. "We're getting excited for regionals and the thought of winning regionals is keeping us strong."

Freshmen Melissa Ricci and Ashley Lindeman were not far behind, with Ricci finishing at 18:55 and Lindeman at 18:57.

According to LCC Head Coach Jim Robinson, this is the first time 10 LCC women's harriers broke the 20-minute mark in the same race. He said it is also the second time in recent history that four women finished under 19 minutes in the same race.

Robinson said the Stars just have to run their race and they will be successful at regionals.

"I'm confident … if you look at our regional competition, we're very confident," he said. "We are going to go in and see how fast we can run."

The Stars were scheduled to run in the Eastern Michigan University Invitational on Friday, Oct 21.