APPLETON, Wis. – The Carroll University women's cross country team placed fourth at the Gene Davis Invitational on Saturday, finishing with 71 points in the 6,000-meter race.

Freshman Allena O'Connell led the Pioneers with an impressive fifth-place overall finish, crossing the line in 22:48.8. O'Connell was the second scoring collegiate runner in the field.

Junior Hana Smith followed with a strong performance of her own, placing 13th overall and seventh among scoring runners with a time of 23:45.8.

Freshman Norah Yang was Carroll's third finisher, crossing the line in 24:49.1 to place 27th overall and 16th in the team scoring. Junior Paola Orozco came through in 25:07.9, good for 32nd overall and 20th in the scoring, while sophomore Kyla Laabs rounded out Carroll's top five with a time of 25:41.1.

Senior Sarah Tinder finished in 26:23.1, while junior Rebecca Barnes followed in 26:34.9. Sophomore Abby Burie recorded a 28:03.1, senior Brooke Davies finished in 29:18.0, junior Mei-Lin Sicinski crossed in 30:10.0 and freshman Skylar Ford finished in 33:39.6.

Carroll's 71 points secured fourth place among the six scoring teams. St. Norbert won the meet with 50 points, narrowly ahead of Lawrence (54) and UW-Oshkosh (56). Wisconsin Lutheran finished fifth with 115 points, followed by Ripon with 183.

The Pioneers return to action next Saturday at 10 a.m. when they travel to Rock Island, Ill., for the Augustana Interregional Invitational hosted by Augustana.