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Romona Nicolls ran a time of 19:34 at the NAIA Nationals in Ft.Vancouver, Wash.

FORT VANCOUVER, Wash. – In the final race of her Pirate career, senior Romona Nicolls placed 71st with a time of 19:34 at the 30th Annual Women’s Cross Country National Championship at the Fort Vancouver Historical Site in Fort Vancouver, Wash.

The Pirates women’s squad came in 23rd place out of 32 teams competing. Park took 25th at the 2008 National Championship meet.

Junior Alex Harkins ran well on Saturday with her time of 19:47, good for 89th place. Rounding out the final five Park participants was Kimberly Brown who came in 115th place with a time of 20:00.

Also in her final race as a member of the Park University cross country team, senior Rachel Fessenden ran a time of 20:48, good for 219th place. Freshman Kymire Roland ran the 5K race in 20:54, good for 226th place.

Lindsey McDonald came in 257th place with a time of 21:17 and Park’s final runner was Melissa Lyall, who ran a time of 22:06, good for 289th-place.

The Pirates also had one men’s runner compete in the 53rd Annual Men’s Cross Country National Championship. Joel Chirchir came in 41st-place with a time of 26:00. This marked the first NAIA National Championship meet for the Elodoret, Kenya native.

“Joel ran great today,” head coach Brian Renshaw said. “For a freshman to go up to Nationals and perform the way he did is just great. He ran a very respectable race and we will look for even bigger things from him in the future.”

California State San Marcos came in first-place to take home the NAIA Women’s National Championship.

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