The women’s cross country team made the short trip to Belmont Plateau on Saturday to compete in the 9th annual Jack St. Clair Memorial Invitational.
The Owls finished fourth overall out of 17 teams. Temple’s first finisher was graduate student Emily Nist, who finished 10th. This was her first race of the season, after not being able to compete because of an injury.
Junior Katie Pinson and sophomores Brianna Thomas and Erica Groomes all placed in the Top 40 in a field of 160 runners. Pinson finished 15th, Thomas placed 26th and Groomes crossed the finish line in 38th place.