PEORIA, Ill. – Missouri State's women's cross country team finished the 2024 season Friday with a 26^th place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional hosted by Bradley.
 
Mary Margaret Harris was the first Bear across the line once again. The senior finished the race in 111^th place out of 231 runners with a time of 21:38.4. Harris made up seven spots in the last kilometer to earn her finish. Tabitha Fox was next in line with a time of 22:09.6 in 138^th place.
 
Emily Nuttall was next with a 143^rd place finish and a time of 22:13.4. Lena Singleton and Adrien Martens were the final scorers in 156^th place and 161^st place with times of 22:23.3 and 22:28.5, respectively.
 
Grace Spoonhour and Ella Cronhardt were the final runners allotted for the Bears. Spoonhour finished in 181^st place with a time of 22:50.4 and Cronhardt in 202^nd place with a time of 23:08.2.
 
"It's not the way we wanted to end the season," head coach Jordan Fife said. "We thought on our best day we were definitely a top-20 team; we've struggled this year getting our top group to run well on the same day. Our lineup has rotated every meet this year and while that shows we have some depth; we just haven't been consistent enough. There are a lot of bright spots from the season that we'll take into next year, including getting several athletes back from injury ready to make an impact."
 
The Bears wrap the season with two wins early in the season, a seventh-place finish at the MVC meet and two runners landing spots on the all-time top-20 list for the 6k.
   
Individual Results (231 runners)
111. Mary Margaret Harris – 21:38.4
138. Tabitha Fox – 22:09.6
143. Emily Nuttall – 22:13.4
156. Lena Singleton – 22:23.3
161. Adrien Martens – 22:28.5
181. Grace Spoonhour – 22:50.4
202. Ella Cronhardt – 23:08.2
 
Team Results
1. Oklahoma State – 61
2. Minnesota – 76
3. Northwestern – 103
4. Iowa State – 139
5. Nebraska – 181
6. Bradley – 203
7. Oklahoma – 222
8. Illinois – 261
9. Loyola (Ill.) – 261
10. Tulsa – 303
11. Missouri – 316
12. South Dakota State – 392
13. Kansas – 404
14. Kansas State – 427
15. UNI – 435
16. Drake – 439
17. Iowa – 478
18. North Dakota State – 485
19. Illinois State – 532
20. DePaul – 567
21. North Dakota – 576
22. South Dakota – 595
23. Saint Louis – 619
24. Wichita State – 654
25. Eastern Illinois – 681
26. Missouri State – 701
27. Oral Roberts – 767
28. SEMO – 769
29. UIC – 779
30. Omaha – 820
31. Creighton – 825
32. Southern Illinois – 993
33. SIUE – 1025