TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Sophomore Bella Fuentes finished 17th out of 179 runners to lead University of Southern Indiana Women's Cross Country to a fifth-place showing in the 17-team Nike XC Town Twilight Friday evening at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
 
Fuentes finished the six-kilometer course in a personal-best time of 22 minutes, 35.9 seconds, marking her second straight race with a new PR after previously hitting a new mark at the Ohio Valley Conference Preview Meet two weeks ago.
 
Junior Chase Hayes made her USI debut Friday, posting a 26th-place finish with a time of 22:52.6, while junior Maggie Smith was 35th for the Screaming Eagles, who finished with 156 points.
 
Sophomore Mackenzi Thomas and freshman Mackenzie Pound rounded out USI's top five with respective finishes of 40th and 43rd, while senior Sara Livingston and sophomore Zoe Roberts served as the Screaming Eagles' displacement runners with respective finishes of 46th and 47th.
 
After five consecutive weeks of racing, the Screaming Eagles will get a two-week hiatus before returning to action October 16 at the Under Armour Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Ohio Valley Conference Championships follow October 30 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.