QUICK LAP: The SCAD Atlanta Women's Cross Country Team competed in the NAIA Cross Country National Championships this past Friday. With over 300 athletes in the race, the meet showcased the best runners in the NAIA, all fighting to take home the championship title. In their first time competing at the national meet since 2019, the Bees took home 17th place in the team race.  Senior Katie Clarke led the team to a 12th place finish and ran to claim an All-American spot.  

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (35 Teams)

1. The Master's (92) 

2. Taylor (93) 

3. St. Mary (Kan.) (125) 

4. Milligan (129) 

5. Montreat (176) 

6. Cumberlands (187) 

7. College of Idaho (192) 

8. Grace (282) 

9. SCAD Savannah (304) 

10. Indiana Wesleyan (324) 

17. SCAD Atlanta (498) 

35. Haskell Indian (1098) 

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (326 Finishers) 

• Katie Clarke (Cheshire, England / Advertising): 21:15 – 12th  
• Avery Raymond (Raymore, Mo. / Sculpture): 22:17 – 60th  
• Tatum Dykstra (Muskegon, MI / Animation): 22:47 – 101st  
• Meredith Larkworthy (Spring, Tex. / Game Development): 23:54 – 219th   
• Gray Pershing (Moseley, Va. / Sculpture): 24:04 – 239th  
• Ashlyn Vanlandingham (Hebron, Ky. / Animation): 24:53 – 279th  
• Catarina Dubyk-Cassidy (Big Pine Key, Fla. / Sculpture): 27:09 – 310th  

DID YOU KNOW? After placing 12th in the meet, Katie Clarke received All-American Honors for the 5th time in her career. 

WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees return to competition in January, opening up the Indoor Track and Field season at Vanderbilt University with the Vanderbilt Invitational.