VANCOUVER, Wash. – Placing in 11th, Rocky Mountain College earned their highest ever finish at the NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championship. Ruth Chepsat placed in 12th which counts as the highest finish for an individual runner in school history according to available records.

The Battlin' Bears finished in 11th among the 37 teams racing at the competition with a score of  365.

Chepsat ran a time of 18:21.1 in the 5K race and finished in 12th out of 341 runners racing on Friday. The finish earned the junior from Eldoret, Kenya an All-American selection which notably marks her as the first women's cross country runner to receive such an honor in school history.

Sydney Little Light finished in 55th on a time of 19:02.8. Courtney Hallock finished 20 seconds later on a time of 19:22.5 in 88th place.

Running a time of 19:32.3, Mei-Li Stevens finished in 113th. Carrie Daniels ran a time of 20:07.9 to finish in 206th.

Larissa Saarel took 246th place on a time of 20:31.3 while Carina Bracy placed in 267th after running the race in 20:49.7. 

Earning 111 points as a team, Madonna finished as the 2019 women's cross country national champions. Huntington's Hannah Stoffel was named the 2019 individual champion after finishing in first on a time of 17:18.4.