JACKSON, Miss. – Momentum from winning the Tiger Invitational the week before carried over to the Watson Cross Country Classic hosted by Mississippi College for East Texas Baptist University women's cross country as they finished fourth out of 20 programs. ETBU recorded 126 points and came in front of NCAA Division I programs Louisiana Tech, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, SE Louisiana State, Northwestern State, and Jackson State.
 
Danna Requena and Phoebe Dunham both finished in the top 20 out of 168 runners. Requena ran the second fastest time in program history at 23:48.60 finishing in 14^th place. Dunham then posted the fifth fastest time in program history at 24:02.20 coming in 19^th place. ETBU's pace time average of 24:39 is a program best performance.
 
Scarlett Perez ran a 24:58 for 24^th place and Ache' Anderson was 41^st at 25:10.70. Mary Kate Mark came in 43^rd with a time of 25:15.40 as Allyson Prosperie rounded out the top 50 at 25:19.90 for 46^th place. Kayleigh Park crossed the line at26:45.00 in 85^th place.
 
ETBU will next run in the American Southwest Conference championships on October 28^th.