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Posted by Dave Laketa - Tue, Sep. 11, 2012 - [ Women's Cross Country ] - Viewed 295 times

CHICAGO --- Saint Xavier University's Ashley Shares (Palos Park, Ill.) used a second-place finish and a personal-best time at the Olivet Nazarene University Midwest Classic on Friday to earn Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week honors, it was announced on Tuesday morning.

Shares, a senior, led the No. 24-ranked Cougars to a third-place team finish out of 11 schools with her personal-best 5K time of 18:41.78 on the Aspen Ridge course. 

Saint Xavier finished behind only host and No. 3-ranked Olivet Nazarene and Taylor University (Ind.), which was among other schools receiving votes in the preseason poll.  The Cougars did place ahead of No. 19 Trinity Christian College.