ADRIAN, Mich. - Today the Calvin women's cross-country team hit the road to compete in the Adrian Invite where it finished in third place with a team score of 74. Hope College claimed the top spot with a score of 38 while Saint Mary's nabbed second place with a team score of 62.
 
Freshman Miriam Kloha (Saint Johns. Mich./Saint Johns) led the way for the Knights when she crossed the finish line in sixth place and posted a time of 23:45.5. Junior Brooklyn Springvloed (Byron Center, Mich./South Christian) also cracked the top ten when she finished in ninth place at 23:59.3 while sophomore Ella Walton (Hillsdale, Mich./Hillsdale Academy) was close behind in 12th place at 24:05.0.
 
Sophomore Summer Myhren (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) was the next Knights to cross the finish line when she finished in 19th place at 24:11.2 before junior Isabella Lingenfelter (Nobesville, Ind./Nobelsville) rounded out the scoring when she finished with a time of 25:28.4. 
 
Also participating in the field was junior Ava Vlietstra (Kalamazoo, Mich./Kalamazoo Christian) who finished with a time of 25:47.4 while fellow junior Hannah-Grace Wildschut (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) recorded a time of 25:50.0.
 
COACHES COMMENTS: "We took advantage of the fantastic conditions out there today," said head coach Nicole Kramer. "While it is awesome to witness so many PRs, I'm most excited with the way we took risks and came out the other side with numerous breakthroughs across the team. This meet gives us a big spark for our pre-nationals crew next weekend. We worked very well as a team out there today and it showed."
 
UP NEXT: The Knights will be back in action on Saturday, October 3rd when they compete in the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet in Northfield, Minnesota at 10 AM.