CHARLESTON, Ill.—Despite landing three runners in the top 15, University of Southern Indiana Women's Cross Country settled on a third-place finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Friday morning.
 
Sophomore Hadessah Austin and junior Ellie Hall finished fourth and fifth, respectively, while junior Zoe Seward was 14th. Austin and Hall each earned first-team All-OVC honors for their performances, while Seward earned second-team All-Conference accolades.
 
Austin and Hall ran inside the top five to six places for the entirety of the race, while Seward moved up from 51st at the 750-meter checkpoint to 18th at the 2,100-meter mark. She ran inside the top 14 competitors for the final 3,000 meters.
 
Austin finished the six-kilometer course in 21 minutes, 15.31 seconds, while Hall posted a time of 21:16.97. Seward finished in 22:03.62.
 
Completing USI's top five was freshman Lilyanna Blais and sophomore Cordelia Hoover, who were 27th and 30th, respectively, while sophomore Addison Applegate and freshman Mackenzi Thomas were 32nd and 38th to round out USI's top seven.
 
As a team, the Screaming Eagles finished with 80 points, one behind second-place Southeast Missouri State University. Tennessee Tech University finished first with 60 points.
 
USI returns to action November 14 when it co-hosts the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Championships at Angel Mounds in Evansville, Indiana.