DAYTON — The Wright State cross country teams hosted their final tune-ups ahead of the Horizon League Championships on Friday night as a pack of Raider runners competed at the Wild Bill Invite at Fairborn Community Park.
The Wright State women finished first among two complete teams, while the Raider men were first in their three-team field.
The Raiders had 16 individuals complete in the women's 6,000-meter race and seven Wright State women were in the top 15, paced by
Samantha Seas in seventh with her 18:45.7 time. Wright State had six of the next eight finishers, with
Kaitlyn Miller (eighth, 18:58.6) and
Sydney Thompson (ninth, 19:08.6) next through the line, followed by
Shelby Hept (11th, 19:10.4),
Reece Barnitz (12th, 19:14.2) and
Kaitlin Thomas (13th, 19:18.8) with
Carolyn Johnson (15th) steps behind at 19:33.3.
Nathan Sheriff paced nine Raiders with his fifth-place mark of 26:22.7 in the men's 8,000-meter race, with
Santino Diligente (ninth, 26:56.9),
Ian Ricker (10th, 27:00.6) and
Nicholas Hoelscher (11th, 27:04.5) all crossing as a group, with
Reece Page (14th, 27:18.5) also finishing within the top 15.
Wright State now gets set to travel to the Horizon League Cross Country Championships next Saturday, November 1 hosted by Purdue Fort Wayne at the Mastodon Cross Country Course. The men's 8K championship will go off at 11 a.m. ET, followed by the women's 6K championship race with a 12 p.m. ET start.
