The Baldwin Wallace women’s cross-country team opened their seasons at the 51^st annual Tommy Evans Invitational located at the Silver Creek Metro Park Cross Country Trails in Akron.

The women entered the invitational ranked 16^th in the nation and placed sixth out of 10 teams who were spread across Division I and Division II. Host school Akron University placed first in the event.

In the event, three Yellow Jackets notched career-best numbers, and the top-five Yellow Jackets finished 42^nd or better.

The Yellow Jackets were led by senior All-OAC selection Kelly Brennan who completed the 5k in a career-best time of 18:16.9. That was good enough for sixth place in the program.

Also leading the Jackets, crossing the finish line in 15^th was Madison Kile who also recorded a career-best time at 18:51.3.

In all, five Yellow Jackets placed in the top 42. Alyssa Laughner crossed the line in 19:13.7, which was good for a top-25 finish. Coming in at 34^th for the Yellow Jackets was Hastings Marek who’s new career best is 19:31.1.

Rounding out the top five was Molina Otte, finishing 42^nd and completing in 19:42.8.

The next event for the Yellow Jackets is on Saturday, September 28^th and they will travel to Cedarville to compete in the All-Ohio Championships. That event is hosted by Cedarville University and will take place on the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course.

The Baldwin Wallace Men’s Cross-Country team opened their season early in September competing at the 51^st Annual Tommy Evans Invitational hosted by Akron University at the Silver Creek Metro Park Cross Country Trails.

The event was comprised of all Division I and Division II schools and was a 3.88-mile long event. Baldwin Wallace took sixth place out of seven teams.

Leading the charge for the Yellow Jackets was senior All-OAC selection Isaac Wilson, whose time of 20:52.6 was good enough for 27^th.

The next three Yellow Jackets all finished within twelve seconds of each other and had just five opposing runners between them.

Junior Jose Reynoso finished in 21:33.1, and eight seconds behind him was fellow junior Spencer Roberts whose time of 21:41.7 placed him in 46^th. Reynoso finished 40^th.

Next up, was sophomore David Prather who rounded out the 12 second gap with a time of 21:45.2 and finished right behind Roberts at 47^th.

Rounding out the top five for the Yellow Jackets was freshman Kyle White who placed in 58^th position is his debut with a time of 22:21.5.

Next up for the Yellow Jackets is the All-Ohio Championships. That takes place on September 28^th, and the team will travel to the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course in Cedarville, as the event is hosted by Cedarville University.