NEWTON, KANSAS - The Rangers Women's Cross Country team competed at the Muthama-Rogers meet on Saturday morning. Northwestern placed third overall in the meet out of six teams having three runners place in the top 10 including one top five in Jamaira Ross placing third overall.

"The women's team competed hard and packed up really well. We are for sure moving in the right direction. We had three girls finish in the top 10 receiving awards. Jamaria led the way with a third place finish." stated head coach Sterlin Broomfield.

Jamaira Ross finished 3rd in the meet with a time of 20:01.11 pacing the Rangers to third place finish as a team.

She was joined in the top 10 by teammates Cadence Long-Torres and Ava Miller. Long-Torres placed 8th finishing with a time of 20:48.54 followed by Ava Miller with a 20:48.54 for a 9th place finish.

Elisa Bernardez placed 21st overall in the meet with a team of 21:44.33.

Elizabeth Dorado-Barrera finished 43rd in the meet with a time of 23:24.84. Jamie Torres-Franco was the first of three straight Rangers to finish next as Torres-Franco was 45th with a final time of 23:35.05, Reina Gonzales was 46th with a time of 23:36.67 and Azucena Carrillo 47th with a time of 23:41.63.

Angelica Robledo-Gonzalez was 60th with a time of 25:27.92, and Claire Dodds finished 67th with a time of 29:33.46.

Northwestern returns to action on Friday, September 20th in Joplin, Missouri for the Missouri Southern Stampede

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