Results
 
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The 2013 cross country season opened with a win for the women's team and a second-place finish for the men. Rebekah Lawson finished first in the women's 4k race with a time of 14:45. Craig Munie was the top-finisher for the Redhawks with a fourth-place finish in 19:29.

"We achieved our goal of running a controlled race today," said head coach Ryan Lane. "We preformed well in the heat and I am very excited to see what we can do in the coming months at our true race distances." 
 
Four Redhawks finished in the top-ten on the women's side including Lawson, Angela Sumner (third-place, 15:02), Mary Dohogne (eighth, 15:29), and Madalyn Stichnot (ninth, 15:34). Laura Chavez placed just outside the top-ten in 13^th with a time of 15:47. Melanie Lacey (15:58) and Megan Parks (16:09) ran in the race coming in 19^th and 24^th-places, respectively. Lindsey Seabaugh (26^th, 16:27), Maria Trowbridge (31^st, 16:40), and Madeline Gaul (49^th, 19:34) also competed in the season opener.
 
On the men's side, Munie was the only top-ten finisher but five other men finished in the top-twenty. Marc Maton (11^th, 19:57), Charles Johnson (12^th, 19:58), Shane Brown (14^th, 20:02), Andrew Gordon (15^th, 20:10), and Ryan Anderson (16^th, 20:16) rounded out the top-twenty for Southeast. Sean Brown (21:09), Colton Strotheide (21:12) and Tyler Holmes (21:31) finished just outside the top-twenty with Tyson Stoverink (22:17) rounded out the 6k race for the Redhawks.
 
On the women's side, host-school Washington University came in second while Columbia College came in third. William Woods University and Saint Louis rounded out the top-five.
 
Washington University took the top-team spot in the men's race with the Wash U Alumni team taking third. Saint Louis and William Woods rounded-out the top-five.
 
Southeast will participate in the SIUE Cross Country Challenge Sept. 13 hosted by OVC foe SIUE in Edwardsville, Ill.