Plumley Delivers PR, Top-20 Finish at Bradley Meet

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (09/20/2024) — The Monmouth College cross country teams competed against Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and JUCO teams on Friday night at the Bradley Intercollegiate at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Running an 8K for the first time this season, Senior William Plumley (Geneseo, Illinois) recorded a 20th place finish to lead the Scots.

Plumley ran a career-best 26:37.67 for the 8K race and finished 20th overall, seventh among D3 competitors. Xander Stoub (Palos Heights, Illinois) ran a career-best 27:59.865 to finish 36th just ahead of Eli Newton (Dallas City, Illinois) at 28:00.185. Freshman Fernando Avila Rubio (Alpha, Illinois) finished 41st in 28:29.185 with classmate Nico Yeo Wiedman (Henry, Illinois) in 78th at 25:10.645. The men finished in sixth place for the team event, one spot ahead of Illinois College. They were second among all Division III teams.

The women's race was 3 miles and Samantha Costello (Morris, Illinois) led the women with a 57th place finish at 20:05, dropping 52 seconds off her time from this event last season , Melissa Bivolarov (Arlington Heights, Illinois) finished 76th in 22:00.531 Freshmen
Paige Luntsford (Cairo, Missouri) finished 85th in 23:14.881 and Kaeley Kent (Springfield, Illinois) finished 92nd in 24:12.141. The women did not record a team score.

The Scots have a week off before Augustana's Brissman-Lundeen Invite on Saturday, Sept. 28 in Rock Island, Illinois