Behind the top-10 finishes of Kelsey Holsapple (8th) and Hannah Griffin (10th), the ICC women's cross country team defended their Junior College division title at the Benedictine University Eagle Invitational, Friday, October 5 in Lisle, IL. Even more impressive was their 3rd place team finish overall in the 21 team field. Backing up the two Metamora High grads were Marissa Menke, running her first race this season, in 33rd place, Sam Conlee in 41st, Darce Knapp (pictured) in 49th, and Liz Koch, running her first race as a Cougar, in 101st. Darce was awarded the team trophy by her teammates for her gallant effort despite physical adversity. This was the first time this season that the Cougars fielded a complete team.The men were equally dominant, impressively winning the JC division and finishing 4th overall in the 21 team field. Billy Miller went out hard, leading for the first two miles and finished 9th in the field of 133. He was adequately backed by Justin Phillis in 17th, Scott Perry (pictured) in 26th, Carl Pflederer in 37th, Joe Klumb in 63rd, Hank Stickelmaier in 104th, and Nick Reed in 112th place. Scott was voted the recipient of the team trophy by his mates.
The Cougars will next travel to Dixon, IL next Saturday to defend their team titles in the Sauk Valley Invitational.
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