BEREA, KY. – Lady Tigers started the season off with a third place finish at the Berea College/Centre College Jamboree Friday evening.
 
Campbellsville normally competes in a 5-kilometer race while Friday's race was only two miles.
 
Making an early impression upon teams was rookie Christy Shank. Shank was able to finish second overall in the race crossing the line in 12:07.7. 
 
Sophomore Emma Steff was able to bring in the next set of points for the team. Steff finished in eighth overall with a time of 12:26.6. Hailie LaMar who sits at number four on the 5K top ten stayed close to Steff while coming in at 12:38.7 finishing in 12^th place.
 
Rounding out the Lady Tigers top five was Nina Daman and Hailey Shank. The duo finished back-to-back with Daman placing 20^th with a time of 12:51.5. Hailey finished in 21^st place overall with her time of 12:51.9.
 
"I'm happy with the performance and efforts overall for the women's team today," said Coach Corbin Harris. "It was nice to get back into racing and our team packed well. The freshmen came to race today and have proven what they had all pre-season, that they are here to compete."
 
Reigning Mid-South Conference Champion University of the Cumberlands won the meet with their team score of 31 points. Centre College finished runner-up as a team with 45 points while the Lady Tigers came in third with a team score of 59 points. 
 
Other Lady Tigers who competed Friday night:
T'lea Scott – 12:59.6 (24^th)
Maggie Lockard – 13:15.8 (27^th)
Madison Welch – 13:39.8 (36^th)
Marlena Sipes – 13:56.1 (45^th)
 
The Lady Tigers will return to action next Friday September 10^th when they travel to the Indiana Wesleyan Twilight.