CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The SCAD Savannah women's cross country finished 20^that the 2018 NAIA National Championships. Sophomore Lemi Wutz made SCAD history with a seventh-place All-American finish.

The Bees traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the 2018 NAIA National Championships hosted by Mount Mercy University in Seminole Valley Park on Friday, November 16. The team finished in 20^thplace with a score of 518.

Oregon Tech won the 36-team event with 126 points. SCAD Atlanta took fifth with 241 points.

Wutz made history with her All-American seventh-place finish. She averaged 5:40.9 minutes a mile for a race time of 17:39 – only nine points from the school record. Her seventh-place finish is the highest finish of a SCAD runner in program history.

Point Park's Anna Shields won the 340-person field with a time of 17:15.9 while SCAD Atlanta's Emily Kearney finished in second with a time of 17:19.4.

Jessy Scarpone ran an 18:05.7 for 32^ndplace while Hannah Sharp finished in 166^thwith a time of 19:13.4

Sarah Forman finished in 247^th with a time of 19:51.8 and Tess St. John finished in 264^thwith a time of 20:05.9.

Courtney Pansza and Diana Gorin finished in 278^thand 286^thwith their respective times of 20:17.2 and 20:24.6.

"I'm so proud of our women this season" states Head Coach Patrick Reagan. "Fourteenth-24^thplace was a very tight point race at the National Championships this year. Lemi Wutz had a fantastic race, finishing seventh with a huge PR. Graduate student Jessy Scarpone had a great race, finishing just outside of All-American position in 32^nd."

For a list of complete results, click here.