SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Lily Ball ran a personal best 18:47.6 and took 12th to lead the Georgia Southern cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the Upstate Invitational Saturday morning at the Millikan Research Center.
Katie Ranck (19:00.1), Catherine Hall (19:55.6), Ansley Fullen (20:16.1) and Alondra Reyna-Lopez (20:26.2) all ran their personal bests at Georgia Southern in the race, the Eagles' final competition before the Sun Belt Championship in two weeks.
Quotables from Coach Megan Murray
"The ladies went into this race with a lot of confidence, and they used that to run personal and season bests across the board.