Women’s Cross Country: Peters places 11th at Comet Open

CHARLOTTE, Mich. – Junior Abbey Peters finished 11th, as The University of Olivet women's cross country team hosted the 2023 Comet Open today at the Broadway Acres Golf Course in Charlotte. Also competing in the meet were NCAA members Adrian College, Albion College, Hope College and Saint Mary's (Ind.) College, NJCAA members Kellogg Community College, Lake Michigan College, Lansing Community College and Southwestern Michigan Community College, and NAIA members Cleary University and Concordia University-Ann Arbor. No team scores were kept for the meet.

• Location: Broadway Acres Golf Course; Charlotte, Mich.

• Peters placed 11th of 102 runners. Her time was 19 minutes, 56.7 seconds for the 5K course.
• Sophomore Sarah Grove finished in 21st-place with a time of 20 minutes, 40.4 seconds.
• Freshman Aaliyah Cota posted a time of 21 minutes, 13.3 seconds in her first collegiate cross country race.
• Also making her college debut was freshman Audrey Connelly who ran the race in 22 minutes, 12.9 seconds.
• Senior Allyson Stevens completed the race in 22 minutes, 33.6 seconds.

• Olivet returns to competition in two weeks, September 15, at the Michigan State University Open.