Women's Results (6K) | Men's Results (8K)

THE RUNDOWN
BRUNSWICK, Maine – St. Edward's University junior RACHEL FREI broke her own school record in the 6K race, finishing second overall to help the Hilltoppers' women to a second-place finish. JOHN DANIELS' third-place finish led the SEU men to third-place as both teams competed at the Bowdoin College Invitational II Saturday.

Frei scorched her own school record by 10 seconds at the Pickard Field Cross Country Course with a time of 22:46.9. Her previous best came at the 2016 Heartland Conference Championship when she posted a time of 22:57. Coincidentally, SEU senior KIRSTEN DEFRANCE took over the second-best 6K time in school history as her third-place time of 22:47.9 was just a shade behind Frei. In an 89-runner field for the women, the Hilltoppers had six runners finish in the top 14.

On the men's side, JOHN DANIELS' career-best 8K time of 26:25.3 helped him finish in the top 10 for each of his three races this season. STONE HAMLIN placed fifth and freshman Josh Akin was 11th in the 91-runner field.

SEU's men scored 60 points behind Southern Maine's 57 points (2nd) and the hosts, Bowdoin College won the event with a meet-low 36 points. The Hilltoppers' women scored 33 points and finished just behind the hosts, Bowdoin College, who finished with 27 points.


HIGHLIGHTS
• RACHEL FREI and KIRSTEN DEFRANCE rewrote St. Edward's women's 6K record book Saturday as the pair took over the top two times, respectively. Frei set the school record with a time of 22:46.9 while DeFrance ran a 22:47.9.
• JOHN DANIELS, sophomore STONE HAMLIN and sophomore CHAD SCHMIDT all ran personal bests in the men's 8K race.

STAT OF THE MEET I
7 – Seven of SEU's eight veteran women that ran Saturday posted the best 6K time of their career.

THEY SAID IT
SEU Head Coach David Chandler on the hosts and improving each week …
"Today was a good day for us. The course was amazing and the people were very friendly. Before the men's and women's races they made an announcement thanking us for traveling so far to come to their meet. We are positioning ourselves better for conference. Most of our group ran a PR today. The goal is to be more confident and competitive."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers come back to Texas for the 12th annual University of Incarnate Word Invitational Saturday in Live Oak. The race will be a 6K for the women and 8K for the men.