Courtsey: Shawnee State Sports Information

VANCOUVER, Wash. – All season long, women's cross country has been trying to prove that it belongs in the national top 25. Today, the Bears took matters into their own hands and placed 23rd as a team at the NAIA National Championships.

Like she did every race this season, senior Kasey Hosier capped a four-year career at Shawnee State with an 88th-place finish in her final cross country race. Her time of 19:22 places her nearly 90 spots higher than last year's national meet where she finished 163rd overall.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mid-South Conference officials announced today that the MSC Women's Cross Country Championship results have been overturned following an administrative error that occurred during the race on Saturday, Nov. 3.

University of the Cumberlands' Darcy Mascotti and Danielle Hoop -- who originally deemed to have finished second and third respectively because of an on-course error -- were awarded first and second by conference officials.

NAIA Women's Cross Country Top-25 Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Shawnee State University is one of 13 teams just outside the final regular season NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll but still receiving votes, NAIA officials announced on Sunday.

The Bears -- who are the lone MSC representative to receive voting points in the national poll -- received 29 voting points from the 23 national raters across the NAIA.

RIO GRANDE, Ohio -- RESULTS For a third a straight season, the Shawnee State University women's cross country team is Mid-South Conference champions following today's MSC Championships hosted by University of Rio Grande.

Four Bears posted top-10 finishes to score a team-total 39 points. University of the Cumberlands finished second with 56 points and Georgetown College ended in third with 90 points.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Thirty Mid-South Conference women's cross country student-athletes earned Academic All MSC honors, conference officials announced on Saturday.

In order to be nominated by an institution, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved at least sophomore academic status.