The Dominican University women's cross country team continued its strong start to the 2013 running season, placing 13^th at the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcon Invite on Saturday in Mequon, Wis. Michelle Hall (Omaha, Neb.) continued to set the pace for the Stars followed by a trio of freshman runners in Jacquie Wallaert (Arlington, Ill.), Elizabeth Sanchez (Joliet, Ill.) and Logan Chambers (Chicago, Ill.).

Hall, just eight seconds off her PR pace set last week, covered the six-kilometer course in a time of 24:24 to place 21^st overall.

Wallaert, Sanchez and Chambers continue to improve each and every week. This week the Stars' freshmen trio was led by Wallaert who ran a personal-best 28:11 to place 81^st overall. Sanchez, who outkicked Wallaert and another runner down the stretch last week at Aurora, crossed the finish line one minute later (29:12) to place 87^th overall while Chambers shaved more than a minute off her time from last week, placing 102^nd with a time of 31:01.

Marissa Gray (Elk Grove, Ill.) rounded out the Stars' top-five, setting a personal-best and placing 106^th overall with a time of 32:22 despite finishing the race with just one shoe.

In the men's 8K, Will Foley (Chicago, Ill.) paced the Stars to a 16^th place finish as he placed 96^th overall with a time of 33:01. Mykola Fedornyak (Chicago, Ill.), running in his second collegiate race, shaved nearly a minute off his time from last week, covering the course in 35:27.

The Stars will enjoy back-to-back weekends off before returning to the course on Saturday, October 5, when the Stars travel back north of the border to Milwaukee, Wis., to run in the WLC Warrior Invitational.