DeKALB — Junior Ashley Tutt was crowned champion with an individual award at the Western Illinois University Early Bird meet Friday. With Tutt and the Huskie’s phenomenal performance at the meet, the Huskies won the team championship, placing first out of five teams.
Tutt ran a time of 14:10.5, breaking the four-kilometer course record of 14:23.4, previously set by Kristen Garwood of Hannibal-LaGrange University in 2015.
In second place was junior Mackenzie Callahan with a time of 14:20.8, and in third place was redshirt senior Ericka Hibser who clocked in at 14:21.8. All three runners broke the previous record set by Garwood.