(Vancouver, Wash.) The Cornerstone University Women's Cross Country team ended their remarkable season at the NAIA National Championships, establishing themselves as a top fifteen team. Sophomore, Julie Oosterhouse's All-America honors highlighted the day.

The trip to the Pacific Northwest began well with ideal weather up until race day. Friday night rain drenched the course and Saturday morning brought a passing shower an hour before the starting gun.  After the warm up the Golden Eagles switched to half inch spikes, knowing the tight corners on the two kilometer loop would be muddy and slick.

As the race got underway, Oosterhouse was carried along around 60^th place in the first kilometer, "After running here last year, I knew what to expect and how to attack the course. It was difficult though without Jill to get me out at the right pace." CU's co-captain, Jill Louisignau contracted a nasty case of food poisoning Thursday night. Her ability to race was in question until Saturday morning. "She did the warm up and even though she wasn't close to 100%, she wanted to try and run," said coach Rod Wortley. "We adjusted the race plan to give her a better chance of getting through it because she was still pretty drained from the last 36 hours."