Drennan Leads Harding Women's Cross-Country at Southern Stampede

JOPLIN, Mo. – Harding women's cross-country finished 14th overall and 10th of 28 teams among non-Division I schools Saturday in the 5K Southern Stampede, hosted by Missouri Southern. Harding's top finisher was senior Madison Drennan, who placed 33rd overall with a time of 18 minutes, 13.39 seconds.

Top 5 Team Scores (Non D1 Division)
1. Dallas Baptist, 119 points
2. Oklahoma Baptist, 134
3. Southwest Baptist, 196
4. Pittsburg St., 197
5. Oklahoma City, 231
10. Harding, 367

Harding's Scoring Runners
1. Madison Drennan, SR, 18:13.39, 33rd place, 32 points
2. Alicja Minczuk, FR, 18:32.96, 53rd place, 51 points
3. Kirstie Smith, SR, 18:48.55, 70th place, 68 points
4. Melita Sutherland, SR, 19:21.96, 113th place, 105 points
5. Parker Fane, SO, 19:31.49, 119th place, 111 points
6. Sharon Chepseba, FR, 19:35.74, 124th place, 116 points
7. Victoria Hood, SR, 20:30.55, 189th place, 160 points

Facts and Figures

Saturday's race was Harding's second of four regular-season races.
Drennan was Harding's top runner for the second time in 19 career races, also the 2016 GAC Championship.
Fane's time of 19:31.49 was the fastest 5K time of her career.

Quotes
"Not a bad day," Harding coach Steve Guymon said. "I need to do a better job of coaching in the next five weeks. I trained them really hard this last two weeks. It showed in their legs today. We'll be fine."

Next Up
Harding will run at the Trevecca D2 Challenge, hosted by Trevecca Nazarene on Sept. 23 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Players Mentioned

Madison Drennan: 5' 7"; Senior

Parker Fane: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Victoria Hood: 5' 5"; Senior

Kirstie Smith: 5' 4"; Senior

Sharon Chepseba: Freshman

Melita Sutherland: Senior

Alicja Minczuk: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Madison Drennan
: 5' 7"; Senior

Parker Fane
: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Victoria Hood
: 5' 5"; Senior

Kirstie Smith
: 5' 4"; Senior

Sharon Chepseba
: Freshman

Melita Sutherland
: Senior

Alicja Minczuk
: Freshman