Complete Results

EAST LANSING, Mich.-- The Allegheny College women's cross country team finished the season Saturday morning, traveling northwest to Michigan to compete in the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships.

The Gators placed 22nd out of 35 scoring teams with 612 points. Allegheny finished one spot behind Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) foe Franciscan University, but edged 23rd-place Kalamazoo College by two points. The Gators also placed ahead of Hiram College, the only other PAC team in the Great Lakes Region, as the Terriers finished 31st.

Hope College captured this year's regional title with 84 points, a mere one point better than the runners-up from Calvin University (85).

Sophomore Gabriella Palmer (Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley) and senior Shyann Rulander (Warren, Pa./Warren) finished their strong seasons by crossing the threshold first for the Gators. Palmer was the only Allegheny runner inside the top 100, placing 64th out of 263 competitors with a time of 23:32.5. Rulander's 24:06.9 earned her 102nd place, the second-best regional finish of her career.

Madison McGarrah (Butler, Pa./Butler) was the third Gator to post a sub-25-minute time. The sophomore's 24:50.7 was more than 32 seconds faster than her result at the PAC Championships two weeks ago.

Top-25 Team Results
1. Hope - 84
2. Calvin - 85
3. John Carroll - 120
4. Ohio Wesleyan - 139
5. CWRU - 166
6. Trine - 253
7. Manchester - 267
8. Otterbein - 267
9. DePauw - 273
10. Denison - 287
11. Ohio Northern - 295
12. Mount Union - 324
13. Baldwin Wallace - 327
14. Kenyon - 410
15. Oberlin - 453
16. St. Mary's (Ind.) - 495
17. Capital - 538
18. Centre - 553
19. Hanover - 561
20. Rose-Hulman - 566
21. Franciscan - 577
22. Allegheny - 612
23. Kalamazoo - 614
24. Wittenberg - 665
25. Alma - 730

Allegheny Results
64. Gabriella Palmer - 23:32.5
102. Shyann Rulander - 24:06.9
140. Madison McGarrah - 24:50. 7
153. Sophia Shiroff - 25:17.2
161. Samantha Oakes - 25:26.6
174. Anne Weis - 25:49.5
190. Olivia Killingsworth - 26:11.9