GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The St. Bonaventure women's cross country team turned in a strong third-place finish out of 28 teams competing, fighting rainy conditions at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational Saturday morning.

Three Bonnies placed top-20 in the field of 244 runners – Jenna Gregory missed a top-10 finish by less than a second as she ran the 6K course along the historic Gettysburg battlefields in a time of 22:40.9. She had a mile pace of 6:05.

Mia Winters was 15^th overall at 22:51.1, just ahead of teammate Meghan Lex who PR'ed with a time of 22:55.5 which will jump to sixth individually in the program record books.

As a team, the Bonnies posted a score of 103 behind only Saint Francis (PA) at 76 and the NOVA Running Club (55).

Katelyn Wilkes (23:25.2) and Claire Cuneo (23:36.7) gave the Bonnies two more strong times in their scoring.

Molly Gipson (23:49.0) and Lauren McGee (23:53.2) each set new personal best times top round out the team's top seven. Gipson moves to 13^th in the program record book while McGee now is 15^th.

Saturday's performance matches the women's team's best finish at Gettysburg – the Bonnies also finished third in 2017.

The Bonnies next compete in the Atlantic 10 Championships Saturday, Oct. 28 in Cedarville, Ohio.

BONNIES RESULTS
11. Jenna Gregory – 22:40.9
15. Mia Winters – 22:51.1
16. Meghan Lex – 22:55.5 (PR)
29. Katelyn Wilkes – 23:25.2
32. Claire Cuneo – 23:36.7
35. Molly Gipson – 23:49.0 (PR)
38. Lauren McGee – 23:53.2 (PR)
66. Faith Caldwell – 24:20.7 (PR)
67. Jayne Gavin – 24:21.0
70. Elise Brooks – 24:24.0 (PR)
75. Olivia Ippolito – 24:32.1
98. Adria Magnusson – 25:06.0
103. Georgia Hanley – 25:13.1
124. Sarah Carroll – 25:47.3
207. Ava Noecker – 29:30.1 (PR)

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