Western Kentucky fifth-year senior Savannah Heckman continues to be the highlight of the squad’s indoor season as she took home the 5,000-meter title at the Vanderbilt Invitational on Saturday in Nashville by beating the rest of the field by 50 seconds with a personal best of 17:04.66.
Overall, the team brought back 13 top-10 finishes against tough competition including multiple SEC programs and unattached professionals.
“I’m very pleased with the effort across the board,” WKU director of cross country/track and field Brent Chumbley said in a news release. “We had a lot of improvements from last weekend.