Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Photo Credit: Skyler Blanton
Photo Credit: Skyler Blanton
NO. 12 TIGERS FINISHED IN 13TH PLACE IN THE NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

VANCOUVER, Wash. – The No. 12 Olivet Nazarene University women's cross country team concluded its 2021 season at the NAIA National Championships on Friday.  The Tigers finished in 13th place out of 36 schools.

 

Leading the way for the Tigers was Jaclyn Latocha who finished in 62nd place with a time of 19:18.1.  Latocha was the fifth highest individual finisher in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC).  Just finishing a tenth-of-a-second behind Latocha was Sarai Vargas with a time of 19:18.2.  Vargas crossed the finish line in 63rd place.  Following Latocha and Vargas was Taylor Widder.  Widder finished in 123rd place and clocked a time of 19:47.0. 

 

Jacey Schickel, Eleonor Fournier, Lauren Smith, and Elise Champlin rounded out the rest of the Tigers as finished with their best finish since 2018 when they finished in 12th place.   

 

Below are the full results for the women's team. 

Runner

Place

Time

Jaclyn Latocha

62nd

19:18.1

Sarai Vargas

63rd

19:18.2

Taylor Widder

123rd

19:47.0

Jacey Schickel

139th

19:53.3

Eleonor Fournier

189th

20:21.4

Lauren Smith

222nd

20:36.1

Elise Champlin

331st

24:30.9

 

The Olivet Nazarene Department of Athletics would like to wish all of the seniors' luck with all of their future endeavors. 

 

--ONU—

 

*Contact: Sam Viebrock, Sports Information Director, sviebrock@olivet.edu