PEORIA, Ill. – Eastern Illinois men's and women's cross country competed on Friday night at the Bradley Intercollegiate.  Maria Baldwin led the EIU women with a third place finish while Paxson Menard paced the Panther men with a fifth place finish.

For the second straight week, EIU had all of its women's top five runners finish in a close pack as EIU had all five runners place in the top ten.  Baldwin led the EIU group with a 3-mile time of 17:14.1 .  Victoria Quarton placed fifth with a time of 17:21.3 with Emily Brelsfoard in sixth at 17:25.7.   Julie James and Ivy Handley rounded out the EIU top ten runners.   James was 9th with a time of 17:37.4.  Handley was 10th with a time of 17:45.8.

Rachel Garippo and Michelle Meyerholtz rounded out the top seven runners for EIU.  Garippo was 12th with a time of 17:53.4.  Meyerholtz was 13th with a time of 17:59.9

Menard had a top ten finish for the second straight week as he placed fifth with a time of 25:06.2.  Riley McInerney was seventh with a time of 25:19.5.  Bruyn Yunk was 11th with an 8K time of 25:57.9.  Ryan Ballard and Lucas Nudelman completed the Panthers top five scored runners.  Ballard was 16th with a time of 25:58.2.  Nudelman was 18th with a time of 26:24.3.

Derrick Johnson and Mark Pedziwiatr closed out the top seven EIU runners.  Johnson was 19th with a time of 26:25.3.  Pedziwiatr was 20th with a time of 26:36.4.  

The event was a dual scored meet for NCAA Division I schools which included Bradley, Eastern Illinois, Chicago State and Western Illinois.  EIU returns to action on Oct. 4 at the Louisville Meet.