Results
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Calvin University women's cross country team finished in second place in its home meet at the Knight Invite on Saturday morning at Gainey Athletic Complex.
The Knights showed off their depth at the event after seven runners competed on Friday in a meet hosted by the University of Notre Dame, taking second place and finishing first among NCAA III programs with a final team score of 36. The Knights finished with four runners in the top 10 among collegiate runners, with two more inside the top 15.
Grand Valley State University took first place with a team score of 26.
Jonathah Bouwman (Grand Rapids, Mich./Calvin Christian/Universidad of Catolica San Pablo) was the first Calvin runner to cross the finish line in third place among collegiate runners (fifth overall) with a time of 23:16.0.
Alaina Smith (Sterling, Ill./Seoul Foreign School) and
Naomi Dykstra (Grand Rapids, Mich./City) followed within three seconds of Bouwman in fifth and sixth place, respectively, while
Kennedi Wood (Comstock Park, Mich./Sparta Senior) took ninth collegiately in a time of 23:44.5.
Summer Myhren (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) was next to cross for Calvin in 13th place in a time of 24:01.1, followed by
Alyssa Gerritsma (Zeeland, Mich./Holland Christian) in 15th place.
After GVSU and Calvin in the top two, Hope College finished third with 92 points, followed by Alma (121) and Milwaukee School of Engineering (132) in the top five.
COACH'S COMMENT: "The women took advantage of our home course and held nothing back," said Calvin head women's cross country coach
Nicole Kramer. "We battled from the gun with a strong four working well admist GVSU's top runners competing. Jonathan surprised no one but herself with how strong of a race she put forth today to be our top finisher. Alaina made a statement with her best race as a Knight, pushing and pulling her teammates along. It was no doubt warmer than we'd like for this time of year, but I'm proud of how we competed throughout the team these past two days."
NEXT UP: Calvin cross country will return to action on October 18 at the Interregional Invite hosted by Augustana College.
