Rock Island, Ill. – The Wheaton cross country teams competed at Augustana College's Brissman-Lundeen Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The Thunder women's team placed fourth in the 19-team field on the 6K course at Saukie Golf Course.

Fifth-ranked University of Chicago finished first in the women's team standings with 40 points. UW-Parkside scored 95 points in second place, Augustana finished third with 107 points, Wheaton was fourth with 111 points and Millikin tallied 184 points in fifth place.

Wheaton senior Abby Rickard placed fifth in the 100-woman field with a time of 22:54.6. Rickard's time was the second-fastest time among Division III competitors as she was just behind second-place Vivian Kelly of UChicago.

Senior Sophia Huber joined Rickard in the top-10 with a time of 23:14.2 and freshman Laynie Ripley was 27^th in 24:31.4. Fellow freshman Sophie Kauffman was 34^th in 24:37.2, while Eleanor Wolf posted a time of 24:45.6 in 38^th. Tess Ganski finished 39^th in 24:48.8 for the Thunder.

The Thunder squads return to Rock Island on October 17 at the Augustana Interregional.