MACON, Ga. – Lily Ball and Katie Ranck placed in the top-10 to lead the Georgia Southern cross country team to a third-place finish at the Julius Johnson Invitational Friday morning at Georgia Premier Cross Country Course.

Ball finished third with a time of 19:13.0, and Ranck ran the 5K in 19:45.0 to finish seventh. Ansley Fullen ran a personal best of 21:11.0 and finished 27th. Emory took first in the team standings, followed by Mercer and Georgia Southern.

Quotables from Coach Megan Murray
"There were a lot of great steps forward today. I saw everyone compete throughout the race, and I'm proud of everyone buying in to the process, both in training and races. I'm looking forward to these next few weeks of training."

Next up
The Eagles return to action at the Alexander/Asics Invitational in Atlanta Oct. 1.