NASHVILLE, Tenn. --- The Queens University of Charlotte cross country made improvements in their second ever ASUN Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The women's team finished sixth in the race while the men then followed with a top five finish.

What Happened?

Race #1- 5K Women

• Freshman Livia Wespe led the way for the Royals as she finished in the top 30 with a time of 18:17.4
• Senior Sarah Watts then finished at 34^th place at a time of 18:22.0. Emma Olson-Keating finished at 49^th with a time 18:59.0.
• Anna Janke followed with a 52^nd place finish at 19:02.6 and Emilie Noyer finished at 59^th place at 19:17.1.
• Chloe Widmann and Maisie Gibbins finished at 67^th and 68^th to help take the sixth spot in the race for Queens

Race #2- 8K Men

• Sophomore Tom Heal led the way for Queens as he finished at 29^th with a time of 25:28.0.
• Zak Freeland then followed at 37^th place with a time of 25:49.8. Victor Tvistholm Jorgensen finished in the top 40 with a time of 25:53.2.
• Frank McGrath finished at 44^th place with a time of 26:01.7 and Ethan Davis then finished at 54^th to help take the 5^th spot for the Royals in the race.

From Coach Krolick
"On the women's side, we repeated our performance from last year with another sixth-place finish but a different top five runners who scored from one year ago who will return next year. We did this without four of our top girls who have ran with us throughout the year Definitely a big race for Sarah Watts last year as she improved about 25 spots from last year to help Queens score, Emilie Noyer has come a long way in three weeks after three years being injured and not racing to jump in to cross country and run as our number five really sealed the deal for us to be able to secure a repeated six place performance There was also strong races for Anna Janke and Chloe Widmann to wrap up their cross country careers. Overall, I'm proud of the way these girls have handled adversity and as a team and individually.
 
On the men's side, last year we were eighth and this year we had big improvements from last year as Tom Heal was 62^nd. Ethan Davis was 82nd and Zak Freeland was 97^th. Those three finished 29th 37th and 54^th this year. Victor was on the all-freshman team has had a very consistent first year and Frank McGrath had his best race of the season and looked like the runner we knew he could be. This is a very young team with two sophomores and two freshmen in our top four. The future is very bright for this group."
 
What Next?
The Royals will now prepare for track and field as the indoor season is approaching. The schedule for track and field will be released soon.
 
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