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Mississippi State Invitational
Ewald Paces Wildcats in Mississippi State Invitational
9/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country & Track
Sept. 20, 2008
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Freshman Sophie Ewald (Berlin, Germany/Barron (Wis.)) paced all Northwestern runners in the Mississippi State Invitational Saturday, finishing second among 36 runners in the 5K event with a time of 18:50.34. Northwestern placed second as a team for the third straight meet, coming in behind Mississippi State and ahead of Mississippi and Louisiana State.
It was the second straight meet in which Ewald has crossed first for the Wildcats.
NU had three runners finish in the top 10, as freshman Rachel Kaminski (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port) took fifth (19:15.37), senior Marcellee Fullwood (Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls) nabbed seventh (19:35.85), and freshman Rachel Edwards (Eden Praire, Minn./Eden Praire) claimed ninth (19:46.58).
The Mississippi State Invitational was a bit of a homecoming for NU head coach April Likhite. Likhite was an All-American cross country runner for the Bulldogs in 1993 and was named SEC Student-Athlete of the Year in 1995.
Next week, Northwestern returns to Chicago for the nearby Loyola Invitational on Saturday.
