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Cross Country places second at the Ken Garland Invitational

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SMU cross country at the Notre Dame Invitational in the 2013 season.

SMU cross country placed second at the Ken Garland Invitational in Denton on Saturday. The Mustangs took first at this race last season.

The meet was hosted by North Texas and took place at the Eagle Pointe Cross Country Course.

The Rice Owls took the win in the 5K race with an average time of 18:06 and the Mustangs trailed 17 seconds behind with an average time of 18:23.

Mustang sophomore Agnes Sjöström finished sixth with a time of 18:00.5 followed by juniors Holly Archer, Karoline Skatteboe and Shanoah Souza who placed in the top ten.

Archer took eighth with a time of 18:10.8, while Skatteboe finished ninth (18:14.1) and Souza took 10th(18:19.4).

Junior Claire Trotter and sophomore Julie Vanderhout finished in the top half of the field of 65 runners. Trotter finished 25th with a time of 19:10.7 and Vanderhout finished 32nd (19:25.4).

Also competing at the Ken Garland Invitational for SMU were sophomores Margaret Brennan and Lauren Zabaleta and seniorJanell Steigerwald. Brennan finished 38th running a time of 19:42.3, Zabaleta crossed the finish line 51st (20:22.1) and Steigerwald placed 61st (22:28.6).

The Mustangs have next weekend off and will make their first trip out of the state this season on Oct.3. They will head to South Bend, Indiana, for the Notre Dame Invitational.

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