Truman State’s women’s cross country team placed third of 14 teams at the Griffon Open in St. Joseph on Saturday, finishing with 77 points ahead of three nationally ranked programs, according to Truman State Athletics. Missouri Southern won with 43 points. Phoebe Canatsey was the top Bulldog in ninth place in 18:37.60.
The Truman State men placed eighth of 12 teams with 237 points. Rogers State won with 27 points, and Jacob Snyder led the Bulldogs in 29th place.
In swimming and diving, Truman State hosted Ouachita Baptist at Pershing Natatorium and lost both meets, 114-87 in the men’s competition and 117.5-84.5 in the women’s. Both Bulldog teams won the opening 200-yard medley relay. Orin Meyer won the 1,650-yard and 500-yard freestyles, and Charlotte Holcomb led a Truman State top-three sweep of the women’s 100-yard freestyle.
The Truman State women’s golf team finished fourth at the Virginia McCoy Invitational, hosted by Park University at the National Golf Club of Kansas City, with a two-round team score of 704. Karmen Hayslett tied for 11th at 170.
Women’s golf is next at the Columbia College Invitational on Oct. 26-27. The Truman State cross country teams are scheduled to run in the NCAA Midwest Regional in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Saturday, Nov. 21, and the swimming and diving teams are at Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday, Nov. 7.
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