BOSTON, Mass. – Rachel Chiella earned the Southwestern University women's cross country team 40 points after finishing the Ali Curran Suffolk Invitational women's cross country event in a time of 26:08.
The women's race saw 184 competitors from 22 schools most of which were NCAA Division III schools except Boston University and Northeastern University, which are NCAA Division I schools.
Chiella's time was good enough for a 43rd place finish and just 21 seconds ahead of teammate Breanna Steele.
Steele completed the 5-kilometer course in a time of 26:29 and earned the Pirates 48 points.
Casey Gilbert (67th) was third on the team with a 27:38 earning 63 more points.
Hallie Martinez (111th) edged out teammate Emily Chaires (112th) by just two seconds with a 30:24 compared to a 30:26.
Southwestern finished the team competition with 344 points as and a 14th place team finish.
Northeastern took home the team and individual medalist honors as the Huskies collected a mere 23 points as six of their seven runners finishing in the top nine including Madison Neuner's first place time of 22:59.
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Southwestern will now set its sights on the postseason when the Pirates host the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, Oct. 29. The starting pistol will go off at 9:30 a.m. CDT.