Northfield, Minn. – The Macalester College women's cross-country team competed at the NCAA North Regional meet today, hosted by St. Olaf. The Scots finished 11^th out of 33 teams. Last year, the Scots finished 12th. 
 
Leading the Scots was junior Maria Blaesing (Munster, Ind./Munster). Blaesing finished 26^th with a time of 22:52.6. Behind Blaesing was fellow junior Maggie Froh (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King International School) who finished in 56^th with a time of 23:52.9. The third Scot across the finish line was junior Sylvia Greene (Madison, Wis./James Madison Memorial). Greene placed 65^th (24:00.4). Next was first year Mara Pirone (Carrboro, N.C./Chapel Hill), who came in 103^rd with a time of 24:47.8. Senior Erin Franke (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep) followed in 112^th (24:53.1) and sophomore Sylvia Coyle (Wyoming, Ohio/Wyoming) came in 129^th (25:11.2). Rounded out the top seven for Macalester, was senior Jesse Colnes (Montpelier, VT./U-32), who took 158^th (25:45.0)

This was the last race for seniors Colnes, Franke, and Grace Lin (New York, N.Y./LaGuardia). The Scots return 20 next season.
 
Click here for final results.