COLUMBIA, Mo.—Senior Ellie Hall raced to a personal-best time to lead University of Southern Indiana Women's Cross Country at the Gans Creek Classic Friday morning.
 
Hall finished the six-kilometer course in 20 minutes, 39.4 seconds, a time that ranks first in the Ohio Valley Conference and No. 4 on the Screaming Eagles' all-time 6k list. She finished 46th out of 251 competitors.
 
As a team, the Screaming Eagles finished 23rd out of 29 teams with 567 points. Senior Sierra Parks and freshman Maddie Graber were 115th and 136th, respectively, to aid USI's efforts, while junior Addison Applegate and Cordelia Hoover rounded out the Screaming Eagles' top five with respective finishes of 143rd and 155th.
 
Parks also carded a personal-best time with her mark of 21:24.0, while Graber (21:32.8), Applegate (21:37.7) and Hoover (21:42.0) each raced to PRs.
 
Freshman Kara Odum and sophomore Lilyanna Blais rounded out USI's scorers with finishes of 180th and 186th, respectively.
 
USI returns to action next Friday, October 2, when it sends a small squad to Terre Haute, Indiana, to run at the Nike XC Town Twilight. The group of student-athletes that competed today are not likely to race until the Under Armour Pre-National Invitational October 16 in Terre Haute.