COLLEGE STATION, Texas (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan men's and women's cross country programs competed in two meets Friday, Oct. 18. The EMU women came in 11th place in the 6k at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M University at the Watts Cross Country Course, while the men took 12th in the 8k. At the Falcon Invite, hosted by Bowling Green State University at the Mel Brodt Cross Country Course in Bowling Green, Ohio, the Eagles came in 10th place behind Kent State in the women's 6k race.
Starting the day off in the Lone Star State, Paige Marchant (London, Ontario/Catholic Central) led the way in the women's race for Eastern Michigan with a personal-best 19:32 in the 6k to take seventh-place overall out of 402 total competitors.