EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The IU Indianapolis women's cross country team put up an eighth-place finish at the Angel Mounds Invitational on Friday (Oct. 17), paced by senior Julie Smith in the 6K race. Smith finished 23rd of 163 runners in a time of 21:57.35. 

Behind her, sophomore Ella Colclesser was 39th overall with a personal best time of 22:20.93 and junior Grace Bragg was 43rd at 22:26.59. 

"Our team performed much better this week. Solid races from Ella and Grace who both had PRs," head coach Antonio McDaniel said. "In two weeks at conference, how close our 2-3-4-5 is together is going to determine what we can do as a team. I firmly believe they can close the gap between each other."

Senior Carina Alanis finished 66th at 22:55.65 and Wini Barnett rounded out the top five in 80th place at 23:28.85. True freshman Emily Bruns was the team's top rookie on Friday with a time of 23:41.21 while Hannah Robbins clocked a time of 23:49.46. 

Freshman Kaylynn Bedel finished at 24:02.81 and classmate AnnMarie Gibson ran a time of 24:16.31. Senior Julynne Spidell was just behind Gibson at 24:16.89. Freshman Carson Parks rounded out the team's entries at 25:09.86. 

Cincinnati dominated the team standings with 39 points, outdistancing second-place Tennessee Tech by 60 points. UC's Ann Lemirisho won Friday's race in a time of 20:12.78, winning by 27 seconds over her closest competitor. 

The Jaguars will next compete at the Horizon League Championships in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Saturday, Nov. 1.