WEST CHICAGO, Ill. – The Lakeland University men's and women's cross country teams closed out their season with single runners finishing at the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championships held at Kress Creek Farms Park.

Emily Petersen (Jr.-Menominee, Mich.) came in 41st in the women's six-kilometer race, finishing in a time of 33 minutes, 19.9 seconds. Rhett Botzet (So.-Hortonville, Wis.) finished the men's 8K in 33:18.74 to place 28th of 36 finishers.

Kevon Holbrook (So.-Bourbonnais, Ill.) also entered but saw a good spring end in unfortunate fashion. Holbrook raced and late in the race was in position to finish in the top 15 and earn all-conference recognition, but had to stop due to stomach pain and was unable to finish.

Edgewood College won the women's title with 31 points, edging Concordia University Wisconsin (38). LaNea Bartel of Concordia Wisconsin won the women's individual title, finishing in 24:45.97.

Aurora University won the men's championship with 23 points, well ahead of second place Wisconsin Lutheran College (44 points). Lucas Caminiti of Edgewood was the individual champion, finishing in 27:00.32.