Summers Paces SE Season Opening Run

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Skye Summers fourth-place finish paced Southeastern cross country as it opened its abbreviated spring season on Friday with a second-place finish at the Golden Suns invitational in Russellville, Ark.
 
Three teams ran in the meet, all Great American Conference rivals, with SE's 51 points taking home second, ahead of Henderson State in third and behind host Arkansas Tech.
 
The teams ran a 2-mile race in high winds and freezing conditions, with Summers time of 12:17 pacing the Savage Storm and finishing 20 seconds off the winning time.
 
Megan Rose was the next SE finisher with a mark of 13:06 in ninth-place, while newcomer Gabriela Luna finished 11^th with a time of 13:22.
 
Lindsay Klasek led a trio of Storm runners who blocked the 13-15^th positions, turning in a run of 13:30 to lead the trio with Alexis Longoria's 13:33 finishing 14th and Rachel Wynn's time of 13:47 good for 15^th.
 
Bailey Pritchett crossed in 17^th with a time of 13:59, with Madelynn Coffey checking in 19^th with a run of 14:13.
 
Vantashia Bond checked in next with a 14:17 to finish 21^st, followed by Amanda Rodriguez in 25^th with a time of 14:33, while Zaycia Guthrie rounded out the Storm runners in 27^th, clocking a time of 15:17.