GRAND RAPIDS, MI. -- The University of Saint Francis women's cross country team ended the season with a strong showing at the Region VIII Championships hosted by Aquinas College.

The Cougars finished 13th out of 15 teams and were able to beat MCC foe Huntington College.  The Foresters finished one place ahead to USF two weeks ago at the conference meet.

Sophomore Amy Roberts once again led the Cougars with a 60th place finish and a seasons best 20:21.  Tiffany Bremer finished in 91st place in 21:11.  Both Robyn Chapman and Jenny Schaefer were in the top 100 as they placed 97th and 98th with times of 21:23 and 21:24. 

Running her first meet for the Cougars was former Bellmont High School standout Wendy Mahlan.  Mahlan who has battled injures for most of the last year and has only been training for a few weeks now, ran a great race and finished with a time of 21:44 to round out the scoring for USF.

In the men's race, James Dueling ran a 27:28 to place 58th and Alex Bush finished his outstanding freshman season with a 79th place finish with a time of 28:07.

"Neither Jimmy or Alex had the races we wanted to have today, but that happens," said Head Coach Sarah Thrall.  "They both ran tough today and both had great seasons overall.

"I was extremely happy with our women's team.  Amy, Robyn and Jenny all ran their season PR's today.  It was great for us to be able to add Wendy in there as well.  She definitely made a difference for us in the team scoring."

Another positive for the Cougars is that they will return 10 runners next year including their entire top seven.