NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Today the Calvin women's cross-country team competed in the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet hosted by Carleton College. With seven of the top ten teams in the nation in attendance the No. 22 ranked Knights finished in eleventh place with a team score of 383. 
 
The Knights ran as a tight pack with just 22.8 second separating their first finisher and their fifth finisher. Sophomore Emma Wierenga (Grafton, Mass./Whitinsville Christian) led the way for the Knights when she finished with a time of 22:34.0. Junior Ellia Agar (Grand Rapids, Mich./South Christian) and senior Hailey Erickson (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) were close behind when they crossed the finish line at 22:42.8 and 22:44.6, respectively.
 
Sophomore Jonathah Bouwman (Grand Rapids, Mich./Universidad of Catolica San Pablo) found herself in the middle of the pack when she recorded a time of 22:49.0 while fellow sophomore Ayla Holben (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt) rounded out the scoring for the Knights when she finished at 22:56.8. 
 
Freshman Kihra Moes (South Holland, Ill./Chicago Christian) was the next Knight to cross the finish line when she recorded a time of 22:58.6 while the junior duo of Alexis Ball (Grand Rapids, Mich./Traverse City Central) (23:12.2) and Kennedi Wood (Comstock Park, Mich./Sparta Senior) (23:40.0) also competed in the field.
 
COACHES COMMENTS: "We've had a fun and productive trip out to Carleton," said head coach Nicole Kramer. "We took care of business despite being in the middle of a heavy training period. We beat a couple of teams ranked ahead of us and over performed on the day, which is a good sign of things to come. Our team worked extremely well together throughout the race, and fought to move up the second half to catch some teams."
 
UP NEXT: The Knights will be back in action on Saturday, October 17th when they travel to Rock Island, Illinois to compete in a meet hosted by Augustana College.