LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Evie Bultemeyer [Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead] was able to claim first place in the Women's 6K Silver event at the Louisville Classic at Tom Sawyer Park on Saturday. The Trine University women's cross country team placed sixth in a very competitive field of 37 teams.
Bultemeyer continued to rise through the pack as she started the event in sixth and tactfully worked her way to the front. She finished the event with a time of 21:32.3, nearly 17 seconds ahead of second place.
Carol Haldeman [Syracuse, Ind. / Fairfield] and Amira Faulkner [Bellbrook, Ohio / Bellbrook] finished nearly side-by-side as the second and third scorers at 23:43.2 and 23:43.7.
Chloe Brittain [Wheeler, Mich. / Breckenridge] and Lydia Randolph [Jefferson, Ohio / Edgewood Senior] were fourth and fifth on the team with times of 23:54.3 and 23:55.2.
Up next for Trine women's cross country is the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble on October 16.