Northfield, Minn. – The Macalester College women's cross country team competed at the Cannon River Closer at St. Olaf on Thursday, Nov. 5. The Scots finished in second place with 47 points, 31 more than the first-place Ole's who finished with 16 The Cannon River Closer is the last meet of the season before the NCAA North Regional Meet on Saturday, Nov. 14 

Crossing the finish line first for Macalester in the 5K was senior Ivy Coldren (Frederick, Md./Urbana) who ran a 19:55.6 time to collect a fifth-place finish overall. First-year Mary Tishler (Madison, Wis./Madison West) finished in in 20:20.6 for twelfth place. Right after was junior Tilia Iverson (Roseville, Minn./Roseville) finishing in thirteenth place in 20:31.1.  Two other runners logged a top 20 finish, with sophomore Anna Lendrum Fort (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt) running a sixteenth place 20:39.5 and senior Norah Juzenas (Silver Spring, Md./Sandy Spring Friends School) in seventeenth place with a 20:52.3

Next for Macalester is the NCAA North Region Meet in Northfield, Minn. on Saturday, Oct. 14 at noon at St. Olaf College.