PEORIA, Ill. – The Missouri State cross country team placed 23^rd out of 32 teams in the 6-kilometer invitational race at the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday afternoon.
 
Tabitha Fox led the Bears across the line for the second time this season in a field that featured six Power Four teams and 260 runners. Fox finished in 87^th with a time of 21:49.7 to secure 84 points for MoState in the invitational race.
 
Mary Margaret Harris followed behind her with a time of 22:09.5 in 120^th-place for 114 points. Sophomore Ella Cronhardt was in the middle of the pack with a 136^th-place finish with a time of 22:17.5 and 128 points. Immediately after her, junior transfer Addysen Clark set a personal record with a time of 22:19.6 in 137^th-place with 129 points. Grace Spoonhour rounded out the scoring for MoState with 147 points in 161st-place with a time of 22:37.6. The Bears totaled 602 points and finished fourth of the six Missouri Valley Conference teams competing.
 
Missouri State also had nine runners in the open race which netted the Bears a third-place finish in the field of 15 teams.
 
Junior Adrien Martens finished in the top-10 with a personal record of 22:15.1 in 10^th-place. Behind her was Britta Foust with a time of 22:51.4 for a PR in 23^rd-place. Freshmen Amy Gotfredson and Macey Hurley were next in 27^th and 32^ndplace with times of 22:59.3 and 23:05.6. Ella Conklin rounded out the scoring with a 43^rd-place finish and a personal best of 23:21.3. Anna Lombardo was the final PR with a time of 24:00.3 pm 65^th-place in a field of 100 runners.
 
"Today was a really mixed bag as far as results, and unfortunately when that happens, it's not a great day for the team," head coach Jordan Fife said. "We had some really big breakthroughs for some and some setbacks for others. This group proves every day in practice that they're a better team than we showed today and we're looking forward to proving that the next time out."
 
The Bears will see their MVC opponents again when they race in the MVC Championship hosted by UNI in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 1.
   
Individual Results – Red Race 6k (260 runners)
87. Tabitha Fox (84) – 21:49.7
120. Mary Margaret Harris (114) – 22:09.5
136. Ella Cronhardt (128) – 22:17.5
137. Addysen Clark (129)– 22:19.6 – PR
161. Grace Spoonhour (147) – 22:37.6
199. Emily Nuttall – 23:15.3
202. Lena Singleton – 23:18.9
 
Team Scores – Red Race 6k
1. Northwestern – 44
2. Loyola (Ill.) – 123
3. Bradley – 151
4. Indiana State – 192
5. Ohio – 194
6. Butler – 200
7. Tulsa – 208
8. Kentucky – 230
9. North Dakota State – 246
10. Iowa – 275
11. Kansas State – 304
12. Drake – 373
13. Cincinnati – 375
14. UNI – 383
15. St. Thomas (Minn.) – 430
16. Xavier – 494
17. Purdue Fort Wayne – 499
18. Saint Louis – 511
19. UCF – 520
20. Wichita State – 528
21. DePaul – 544
22. Milwaukee – 580
23. Missouri State – 602
24. Dayton – 625
25. UIC – 662
26. Eastern Illinois – 670
27. Western Illinois – 728
28. Southern Illinois – 758
29. Marquette – 794
30. SIUE – 862
31. Northern Kentucky – 903
32. Wisconsin – Green Bay – 966
 
Individual Results – White Race 6k (100 runners)
10. Adrien Martens (5) – 22:15.1 – PR
23. Britta Foust (12) – 22:51.4 – PR
27. Amy Gotfredson (15) – 22:59.3
32. Macey Hurley (19) – 23:02.6
43. Ella Conklin (26) – 23:21.3 – PR
56. Faith Fotiades – 23:44.9
57. Grace Buschling – 23:44.9
64. Kylie Ghormley – 23:59.1
65. Anna Lombardo – 24:00.3 – PR
 
Team Scores – White Race 6k
1. Northwestern – 36
2. Kentucky – 39
3. Missouri State – 77
4. Indiana State – 98
5. St. Thomas (Minn.) – 125
6. North Central (Ill.) – 181
7. Saint Louis – 188
8. Northern Illinois – 239
9. Newman – 246
10. Millikin – 249
11. Illinois-Springfield – 273
12. Lindenwood – 318
13. DuPage – 346
14. Concordia-Chicago – 383
15. Webster – 461