OSHKOSH, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) - The UW-River Falls women's cross country team finished in 12th place at the Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships hosted by UW-Oshkosh Saturday afternoon.

THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: 12^th place, 376 Points
Location: Lake Breeze Golf Club Oshkosh, Wisconsin
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Falcon women capped off an excellent season with a 12^th place showing at the Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships hosted by UW-Oshkosh at Lake Breeze Golf Club. 
• The Falcons improved from a 24^th place finish last year to take 12^th this year out of a field of 38 teams.
• The team was led by Senior Abby Fouts, running the best race of her collegiate career to place 33^rd with a time of 22:44, a 17 second lifetime best, and great improvement from her 140^th place finish in 2015. 
• Fouts performance earned her All-Region Honors, the first for the women's team since 2013.  Fouts time places her in the Falcons All-Time Top-10. 
• Running in the second position was sophomore Linsey Tolkkinen, going from 142^nd last year, to 51^st this year with a 23:03, just off of her personal best. 
• Close behind was sophomore Nikki Jurik in 23:23, earning 69^th, up from her 168^th place showing in 2015. 
• Emily Klatt continued her stellar sophomore campaign with an 88^th place finish in 23:45, tying her personal best.  Klatt has gone from the team's 9^th runner as a freshman, to finishing higher at the Regional Meet as sophomore than the team's number one runner in 2015.
• Rounding out the Falcon five was Junior Kalyn Suhorepetz in her first Regional Championship, finishing as she has most of the season, with a lifetime best.  Suhorepetz had an excellent race, running 24:34 for 135^th out of 264 runners. 
• Senior Emma Hayes capped off her final UWRF cross country season by competing at her first Regional Championships with 166th place showing in 25:12, just off of her personal best. 
• Junior Kimberly Carlson ran her best race of the year, finishing in 182^nd with a 25:37, this was also an improvement from her 2015 finish. 

THE OPPOSITION

• Khia Kurtenbach (University of Chicago) captured the women's title with a time of 21:42.  Last year she finished third overall.
• Washington University in St. Louis captured its third straight NCAA Division III Midwest Regional title and eighth overall with 66 points.