College cross country: Lowery breaks school record at Pfeiffer

Published 2:53 am Monday, October 9, 2023

Staff report

CHARLOTTE — Senior Madison Lowery (South Rowan) broke the school record for a women’s 5K on Friday with a clocking of 18:14 in the Queens Royals Challenge at McAlpine Park.

Lowery was 13th out of 243 runners in the Gold Race. She was the top Division III runner and led Pfeiffer to a fourth-place finish out of 24 teams.

Freshman Makayla Borst (Carson) was 19th in a PR time of 20:23.

Freshmen Hayley Borst (Carson) and Katelyn Lentz (West Rowan) also are competing for the Falcons.

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Pfeiffer’s men finished fifth in the 8K Blue Race.

Junior Trent Rivers (South Rowan) was the fifth runner for Pfeiffer in 29:16.

Also competing for the Falcons are freshmen Andrew Huffman (Salisbury), Carson Ritchie (East Rowan) and Cameron Ritchie (East Rowan).