The Lady Cougars battled some tough heat and humidity at the Harrison Invitational in West Lafayette this morning and pulled off an 8th place finish in a field of 16 teams. Leading the pack was Janice Felker in 22nd with a season best time of 20:39, followed by Elise Zelasko (37th; 21:25) and Raegan Bicker who tied her PR (51st; 21:48). Rounding out the scoring 5 were Kenna Barnhart with a PR of over a minute in (57th; 22:18) and Jill Firanek with a season best performance (58th; 22:20). Natalie Klemczak has been recovering from an injury and showed some big gains today with a season best time of 22:46. Afton Maynes ran a lifetime PR of 23:24, followed by season best performances from both Cora Buss (23:40) and Ella Sanford (23:49). Leading the Lady Cougars in the JV race today was Madelyn Lower, who was feeling strong with a season best performance of 24:25 followed by a PR from Lexi Hyatte in 26:02. Chloe Woodrick brought in the next pack of runners in 27:13 with Maci Allen following in a season best time of 27:17 and Olivia Hardy clocking 27:38. Kenzie Boswell ran her debut cross country 5K today in a time of 29:26, followed by Sophia Hackett in 30:20 and Madison Mitchell pushing through some pain in 30:59. The ladies had some amazing performances in the hot conditions today. We'll be back in action in some more heat on Tuesday 9/8/26 at the Cougar Kickoff Classic, but we're hoping for better racing conditions on 9/19/26 at the NP Invite!