OXFORD, Ohio - - Ball State cross country's five scored runners all turned in career fast 6K times to lead the program to an 11th-place finish at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Championships run Saturday afternoon at the Miami University Cross Country Course in Oxford, Ohio.
Maritza Rodriguez (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) continued her stellar sophomore campaign, leading the squad to the finish line for the third time this season with a career-fast effort of 22:19.1 to place 41st among the 103 runners to finish the race.
Rodriguez's 41st-place finish ties as Ball State's best individual effort at the league meet since then-senior MaryKate Mellen placed 29th overall (22:29.