SALEM, Ore. - Running their best team race of the season, the Oregon Tech women's cross country team placed 12th out of 25 teams at the 51st Annual Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational.

The Lady Owls finished with 413 place points, with the top three finishers all cracking the Top-100 and recording a split of just 29 seconds.

Freshman Anika Jenson continued a strong start, placing 62nd with a 5,000-meter time of 18:51. Both senior Charis Childers (78th in 19:05) and freshman Leona Higgins (92nd in 19:20) led the Owl contingent. Both Corinne Childers (20:06) and Madison Clark (20:23) closed out the scoring five for Tech.

OIT finished as the fourth Cascade Conference team in the field, which comprised of eight CCC clubs.

Tech returns to the course in two weeks at the George Oja Invite.