Michigan paces four B1G teams at XC Championships

All four competing Big Ten teams placed in the top 25 at the NCAA Women?s Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Michigan took fifth, Penn State finished 14^th, Michigan State placed 16^th and Minnesota landed 22^nd.

Iowa?s Mareike Schrulle earned the Big Ten?s top finish, taking seventh place en route to All-America honors. Schrulle finished the 6,000-meter course in 19:43, a personal best and the second-fastest time in Iowa history. Schrulle is the Hawkeyes? fourth top-10 NCAA finisher since 2006.

Tori Perritook 47^th individually to lead the Nittany Lions, while Jillian Smith placed 52^nd to pace the Wolverines, and Sara Kroll followed at 53^rd for the Spartans.