After a long hot summer of training completed, the women's cross country team looks poised to make another run at a WHAC title. The Saints, who have won the last three WHAC Championships, will once again put their best foot forward as they kickoff their season on September 8th at the Knight Invitational hosted by Calvin College. The Saints will boast some up front strength with the likes of Alina Dhaseleer, Carly Plank, Rachael Steil and Catie Rietsema leading the charge. The quartet has earned All-WHAC honors a total of six times and both
correctly and consistently."
Plank and Steil have been named the "WHAC Runners
Following the meet at Calvin, the Saints will travel to
of the Year". Rachel Reyna and Jackie Katt add
South Bend to compete at the National Catholic
experience to the pack as both competed for the Saints
Championships hosted by Notre Dame. While early
at last year's National Championships. Other veterans
October meets will bring the Saints competition at the
on the squad include Lesley Albert, Kelsey Carpenter,
Michigan Intercollegiate and the Bethel Invitational.
Jessica Dippel, Jamie Sansone and Krystin Dreyer.
The championship portion of the schedule begins with
The Saints have also added eleven first year runners
the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge hosted by Aquinas
who will look to supply big dividends in their first
College followed by the WHAC Championships which
season of competition. The combination of youth and
once again will be contested at Riverside Park. The
experience has the Saints hungry to toe the starting
season concludes with a trip to the Great Northwest to
line this fall. Coach Wojciakowski states, "We can be
compete
as good as we want to be this year. We really need to
Vancouver, Washington.
focus on staying healthy and doing all the little things
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