Panthers Show Depth at John McNichols Invite
 
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Milwaukee women's cross country team continued to show their depth with an impressive showing in the 5,000m race at the John McNichols Invite on Saturday morning in Terre Haute, Ind.
 
Getting a preview of what will be this year's Great Lakes Regionals course, Milwaukee finished the John McNichols Invite with 219 points for a sixth place finish out of 14 Division I teams – most notable ahead of Horizon League foes IUPUI, Purdue Fort Wayne and former league opponent UIC.
 
"I felt like it was a solid effort," Panther head coach Andrew Basler said. "I know they're capable of a lot more than what was ran today. The gap of time between our three and 10 runners was really good, it's just the overall times they ran need to be a little bit faster, but that's going to come here in the next two to four weeks."
 
Senior Meg Swietlik led the Panther pack with a time of 18:27.6, good enough for 29^th overall. Classmate Emily Burns also turned in a solid time of 18:49.1 to finish 45^th.
 
Sophomore Cailin Kinas (19:01.6) and Hannah Olenchek (19:12.9) followed-up with another strong showing after the Phoenix Open, finishing 53^rd and 62^nd, respectively.
 
Freshman Anna Gallagher rounded out the scoring on the day placing 72^nd with a time of 19:21.8.
 
"All in all, it was a good weekend," added associate head coach Jake Reilly. "It's always nice to get on a championship style course and against regionally ranked teams to get a gauge of where we're at."
 
The Panthers have time off before competing at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite on Friday, September 30.