Oct. 01– The Concordia women finished 14th of 27 teams at the 33rd annual Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational this Saturday (Oct. 1) at Montrose Avenue Beach on Chicago's North Side with personal bests by eight of the nine CU women runners.  Amanda Mueller paced the women's attack finishing in 23rd in a time of 19:26 over the 5K course, while Shae Wallin was close behind at 19:44 (44th). 

Jessica Johnson finished 138th in a time of 21:36 and Emily Stanzyk crossed the line four spots later in a time of 21:39.  Kaitlin Hartnett finished 182nd (22:29) and Rachel Johnson was 205th (23:00).  Amanda Bruhl ran 23:44 to finish 243rd and Emily Thompson was 296th (26:46) and Leah Perzichilli was 305th in a time of 28:35.

The men did not record a team score, but Kyle Warren ran a strong 27:44 over the 8K course to finish in 55th, and Renatto Otten ran 28:23 to finish 88th.  Paul James crossed the line in a time of 31:29 (195th) and Alan Stage ran 31:34 and finished 196th.

The Bears will be in action again on Oct. 8th when they travel to Duluth, MN to compete in the UMD Pine Hill Invite.