Blue Jays, Lady Blue Jays earn third at Gary Stoner Invitational

The Westminster men and women each earned respective third-place team finishes at the Gary Stoner Invitational on Saturday.

The Blue Jays had four top-20 finishes on their way to 67 points, to trail College of the Ozarks (63) and champion Evangel University (46).

Senior Daniel Lindaman claimed third place with a run of 27 minutes, 56.60 seconds, while junior Jesse Edwards took fourth in 28:15.

Freshman Nathan Wilson placed 17th in 30:23.87 and junior Nathan Fox clocked a 30:39.89, good for 19th place.

Senior Spencer Woodford was Westminster's final male finisher with a 46th-place time of 41:21.94.

Freshman Taylor Howard - South Callaway - finished in sixth place (21:13.77) as the Lady Blue Jays collected 65 points. Evangel won with a score of 40, while the Mizzou Running Club was the runner up with 55.

Junior Claire Gibby finished 13th in 21:29.82, freshman Shannon McCaul placed 15th in 21:39.82 and junior Brier Skogsberg finished in 21:46.20 to earn 16th.

Freshman Madison Zack (22:03.97) finished in 19th place, senior Tiara Pettijohn claimed 24th in 23:01.62 and freshman Alex Rauscher garnered 25th in 23:05.49.

Westminster will run at Illinois College at 9 a.m. this Saturday.