Keene, N.H. – The Clark University women's cross country team turned in a third place finish with their top four runners all posting top 20 showings at the annual Keene State Alumni Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

The host Owls won the women's event with four of the top five finishers, including individual champion All-American Paige Mills of Keene State who covered the two-mile course in 11:22.

On the men's side, the Cougars finished in eighth place as a team in the nine team field but got a promising performance from one its newcomers.

Isabel Burgess (Cumberland Foreside, Maine) was Clark's top finisher, wrapping up the layout in 13:07, good for 11th place. She was followed closely by teammate Erika Roth (Saco, Maine), who finished 14th in a time of 13:13.

Joining Burgess and Roth in the top 20 were freshman Maya Grevatt (Charlotte, Vt.) in 16th place (13:27) and junior Zoe Greenberg (Arlington, Mass.) in 20th (13:45).

For the men, sophomore Nathan Buck (Portland, Maine), running for the first time as a Cougar paced the Clark contingent in 18th place with a time of 16:49 over the 5K layout.

Joe Kennelly (New Windsor, N.Y.) was the next Clark runner to cross the finish line in 36th place with a time of 17:49. Robert Gammell (Mattapoisett, Mass.) rounded out the top three for the Cougars in 45th place (18:43).

Keene State senior Kevin Hoyt claimed the men's individual championship, wrapping up the course in 15:47.

Both teams will take part in the Smith College Invitational next Saturday beginning at 11:00 a.m.