Kenosha, Wis. - The Marian women's cross country team returned to action on Saturday morning, running at the Wisconsin-Parkside Lucian Rosa Invitational. In a loaded field of NCAA DII and NAIA schools, the Knights finished 16th out of 23 teams, while Katie Woods earned at top-40 finish. 

The Knights had a total team time of 1:55.56 in their second meet of the 2025 season, averaging a 23:11 time per runner in the 6K race. Marian had a team total of 390, with each of their scoring runners placing in the top-140 scoring positions. The two-leading runners for the Knights were Katie Woods and Kaelina Matthews, who respectively finished 29th and 67th. Below are Marian's finishes from Saturday's race.

Katie Woods - 29th | 22:15.3
Kaelina Matthews - 67th | 22:54.1
Claire Milam - 85th | 23:09.5
Emersyn Weaver - 107th | 23:33.0
Summer Rempe - 136th | 24:04.2
Josie Feldman - 153rd | 24:14.0
Lindsay Huston - 154th | 24:16.9
Gracynn Hinkley - 160th | 24:23.6
Lainey Roth - 165th | 24:40.0
Emma Beimfohr - 183rd | 25:16.5

Marian also had runners entered in the open 6K event, with the reserve team finishing seventh. Elaina Herman led the team in the open with a 24:41 time, finishing ninth. 

The Knights will next compete in a split-squad effort, with one unit running at the Ray Bullock Invite hosted by Taylor on October 10, with the other running at the Alabama-Huntsville Invite on October 11.

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