THE RUNDOWN
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Baylor cross country women's team notched a top-10 finish for the second consecutive year while the men placed 19th at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational Friday afternoon at the Burke Golf Course in South Bend, Ind.

The women's team built off their top-five finish last season, placing 10th in the 5,000-meter blue race to defeat their first ranked team of the season in No. 12 Notre Dame. A total of 11 ranked teams competed at the meet this weekend.

The Bears had two top-20 individual finishes from junior Lindsey Bradley (16:36.6 -- 11th) and sophomore Anna West (16:47.2 -- 17th). The final scoring runners for BU were Gabby Satterlee in 64th (17:37.0), Brooke Gilmore in 74th (17:46.0) and Madelaine Johnston in 112th (18:20.6).

Lindsay Walton (19:00.6), Hana Marsheck (19:06.2), Alison Andrews-Paul (19:18.5) and Haley Everroad (19:21.1) also competed for the Bears.

On the men's side, BU placed 19th in the men's five-mile blue race with one runner in the top 40. Devin Meyrer led the Bears for the second-straight race, finishing 36th with a time of 24:27.8. The other scoring runners include Jordan West (25:15.1 -- 98th), Eric Anderson (25:18.2 -- 103rd), Sam Sahli (25:35.7 - 114th) and TJ Sugg (25:45.0 -- 119th).

Jeremy Meadows (25:59.4), Connor Laktasic (26:01.2), Matt Parham (27:06.4) and Sean McCullough (27:13.5) also competed for the Bears.

HIGHLIGHTS
- The women's team placed in the top 10 for the second-straight year (fifth in 2016).
- Gabby Satterlee and Brooke Gilmore are a scoring runner for the third-straight meet. Anna West has finished as a scoring runner in two straight meets.
- In her first race of 2017, Lindsey Bradley finished 11th with a time of 16:36.6.
- Devin Meyrer led the men's team for the second-straight meet with a time of 24:27.8 to finish 36th.
- Jordan West, Eric Anderson and TJ Sugg were scoring runners for the third-straight meet.

TOP QUOTE #1
"Overall, we weren't far behind some really good teams. They went out extremely fast. It was about what we were expecting. We've got some people battling illness all week. Challenging week to say the least. It wasn't great but very solid for where we're at right now. We had a lot of underclassmen running for us. We haven't taken a team to this kind of meet where we didn't have one senior, so I was pleased." --head coach Todd Harbour on the women's performance

TOP QUOTE #2
"It was tough to finish that far back. We had some injuries flare up that slowed down some two guys on being in the top five. We had good performances from the freshmen and Devin (Meyrer), but if you're a little off against these teams it shows. It was not our best day, but we can and will be better in the future." --assistant head coach Jon Capron on the men's team

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will compete in the Aggieland Open on Oct. 6 in College Station, Texas.