Muhs, Carlile take individual crowns, Lawrence women win team title at Gene Davis Invitational

Lawrence University cross country standouts Emily Muhs and Curran Carlile won the individual titles, and the Lawrence women took the team title at Saturday’s Gene Davis Invitational at Reid Golf Course.

Muhs covered the 6,000-meter course in 19:40.71 to win her first collegiate title by 59 seconds over Emily Barker of Mount Mary. Lawrence’s Annie Sullivan was third and Mary Kate Smith grabbed fourth. The Vikings rounded out their scoring with Alyssa Herman taking seventh and Amanda Dwyer grabbing 12th.

Lawrence won the team title with 26 points and UW-Whitewater was second with 49.

Carlile won his second event of the season and covered the 8,000-meter course in 26:22.89. Sam Stevens ran to a fifth-place finish and David Zane took sixth for the Vikings. Finishing the scoring for Lawrence were Tom Coben in 17th and Sam Estrem in 18th.

The Vikings finished second with 47 points, and Carthage took the team title with 32 points.

The event is named for legendary Lawrence coach Gene Davis, who coached the Vikings from 1956-91.

Men’s results

Women’s results