COLFAX, Wis. (Blugolds.com) - The UW-Eau Claire women's cross country team took fifth place at its home meet, the Blugold Invitational, Friday at the Whitetail Golf Course.

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The Blugolds finished with 134 points. Carelton won the meet with 49. St. Olaf beat out Minnesota on a tiebreaker for second and third, and St. Benedict took fourth.

Lucy Ramquist (Jr.-River Falls, Wis.) had a sensational race for Eau Claire, finishing eighth in a time of 22:44.2 over the course of 6,000 meters.

The Blugolds packed it up in the middle to round out the scoring. Kelsey Jaeger (Jr.-Waukesha, Wis./West) finished 30th in 23:15, and Clara Williamson (Jr.-Skokie, Ill./Niles North) finished 33rd in 23:20.

Sydney Pretasky (So.-La Crosse, Wis./Central) finished 41st in 23:30.2, and Katryna Williams (Jr.-Watertown, Wis.) was the last Blugold scorer as she came in 54th place in 23:43.

Eau Claire is off until Oct. 18 when it heads to the UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational. Race time is set for 10:30 a.m.

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