(South Bend, IN) - The Women's team ended up finding some much-needed success at the Bethel Invitational on Friday, October 6. The Women's team ended up earning a 13th place finish on the day. The team also picked up 4 personal records and 2 season best efforts.

Macee Ripke (Freshman; Napoleon, OH) led the way for the time for the third straight meet, this time running a new personal record of 21:42. She was followed closely by Michaela Kurth (Freshman; Ypsilanti, MI) who also ran a new personal record of 21:50. The trend continued for not only freshman finishers but also new personal records, as Emma McKinley (Freshman; Gaylord, MI) saw a full minute improvement in her time to 22:27. Amanda Fogo (Sophomore; Fowlerville, MI) ran a season best time and just narrowly missed a new personal record by 5 seconds, she finished in 23:17. Rachael Byers (Freshman; Plymouth, MI) finished off the team score and earned a new personal record with a time of 23:22.

Mary Salem (Senior; Troy, MI) ran her fastest run in a Concordia uniform since transferring in which included a season best time of 23:44. Grace Finley (Freshman; Monroe, MI) was just seconds off another personal record this season by finishing in 23:57. Chloe Gunter (Junior; Monroe, MI) continued to fight through injuries to run a season best time of 24:17. Alison Doerr (Sophomore; Grand Haven) finished up the day for the Cardinals by finishing in a time of 24:31.

"This was a much-needed race, I think this was a huge boost mentally and physically for this group. We were starting to get a little down about things and then ran really well today. We weren't perfect, we definitely have room to continue to improve and get better. However, I hope this continues to trend the same way the Men are trending and if it does, its going to be an exciting end to the season," said Head Coach Dominic Santina.

The team will have next week off, before heading to Grand Rapids on Saturday, October 21 for the NAIA Great Lakes Invite hosted by Aquinas.