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Women's Cross Country
Aug 30 Final
vs Wild Witt Exhibition
1st
Clark County Fairgrounds
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Women's Cross Country
Sep 20 Final
at All-Ohio Championships
Cedarville University; Cedarville, OH; Wittenberg unable to participate due to campus security threat
Women's Cross Country
Sep 28 Final
at Knight Invite
2nd of 10
Hosted by Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI
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Women's Cross Country
Oct 04 Final
at OWU Invitational
15th
Liberty Park; Powell, OH
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Women's Cross Country
Oct 05 Final
at Paul Short Run
23rd of 46
Lehigh University; Bethlehem, PA
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Women's Cross Country
Oct 18 Final
at Jenna Strong Fall Classic
1st of 17
Wilmington College; Wilmington, OH
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Women's Cross Country
Nov 03 Final
at NCAC Championships
2nd of 8
Terre Haute, IN
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Women's Cross Country
Nov 16 Final
at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships
4th of 39
Shelbyville, IN
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Kolka Finishes 145th, Webster 72nd At National Championships

Results
Ella Webster finished in the third of the field in the NCAA Division III Championships
Ella Webster finished in the third of the field in the NCAA Division III Championships
November 18, 2023

Carlisle, Pennsylvania - For the first time in school history, Wittenberg was represented in both the men's and women's cross country NCAA Division III Championship meet in the same year. Both Conor Kolka (Dexter, Michigan/Dexter) and Ella Webster (Van Buren, Ohio/Van Buren) did not disappoint with a pair of outstanding performances.

Racing at Big Spring High School in Carlisle, Pennsylania, in a competition hosted by Dickinson University, Kolka placed 145th in a field of 294 men's runners and Webster placed 72nd in a field of 293 runners. It was the first appearance in the NCAA Division III Championships for both of them.

Kolka completed the challenging 8K course in 25:58. The winning time on the men's side was 24:02. Kolka is the fourth Wittenberg runner to qualify for nationals, joining Dale Markley in 1975, Tom Dann in 1977, and Jeremy Kaufman in 1994.

Webster completed the 6K course in 22:16. The winning time on the women's side was 19:54. Webster is the fourth Wittenberg runner to quality for nationals, joining Abi Gerstle in 2000, 2001, and 2002, Mary Pfeifer in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and Corin Turkovich in 2021.