TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Centre women's cross country returned to action for the first time in two weeks as they raced in the most stacked field of the season at the NCAA Pre-National meet, hosted by Rose-Hulman. The Colonels had a handful of personal best 6k times as they finished 20th overall.

The top runner for the Colonels on this night was Sophie Bouldin, who cracked the individual top 50 with a time of 22:31.81 to place 45th overall. The other Centre representative in the top 100 overall was Cara Taylor, whose time of 23:19.50 was just a few seconds shy of a personal best time.

Emma Musgrave finished with her best ever 6k time as she crossed the finish line in 24:12.11. This triggered a string of Centre runners to complete the course as the Colonels ran in a pack, with Erin Haugh finishing in 24:15.22, followed closely by Rachel Gaynor with a time of 24:16.39.

First-year Claire Barnett also posted a personal best 6k as she finished in 24:26.01, just missing out on the top five for the Colonels..

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The Colonels will be back in action in two weeks as they return to Indiana to race in the Angel Mounds Invite at the University of Evansville.