CHICAGO - Vanessa Cortes of Mount Mercy finished fourth out of 281  runners at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational Saturday.

Souleya Ibrahim of Oakton Community College won the 5K race in 18  minutes, 43.03 seconds. Cortes was clocked in 19:02.90.

Mount Mercy finished 10th out of 31 teams in a strong field.

The Mount Mercy men's cross country team placed 12th out of 31 teams.  Jacob Blackmon led the Mustangs in 27th place in 26 minutes, 50.39  seconds for the 8K event. Cole Martin of DePauw won the race in  25:57.85.

WOMEN'S RESULTS
Team Standings

1. Marquette 66, 2. North Central 144, 3. Western Ontario 146, 4.  Purdue Northwest 183, 5. DePauw 189, 6. McMaster 191, 7. Loyola 196,  8. Milwaukee 207, 9. Grinnell 216, 10. Mount Mercy 268.

11. Northern Illinois 271, 12. Trinity Christian 302, 13. Purdue Fort  Wayne 321, 14. Edgewood 353, 15. Albion 445, 16. Lansing CC 454, 17.  Moody Bible Institute, 18. Kalamazoo 507, 19. Wisconsin Lutheran 588,  20. Highland CC 602.

21. Harper College 602, 22. Aurora 603, 23. Davenport 623, 24. Dakota  Wesleyan 631, 25. Roosevelt 656, 26. Chicago State 689, 27. Dominican  694, 28. (tie) Waubonsee 792, Morton 792, 30. North Park 806, 31.  Cardinal Stritch 850.

Mount Mercy (team scoring placements) - 3. Vanessa Cortes 19:03, 48.  Andrea Ertz 20:09, 61. Kelsi Huhndorf 20:20, 66. Emily Erickson 20:31,  90. McKenna Johnson 21:19.

MEN'S RESULTS
Team Standings

1. Marquette 49, 2. Milwaukee 107, 3. Purdue Fort Wayne 137, 4.  McMaster 153, 5. Western Ontario 168, 6. Purdue Northwest 195, 7.  DePauw 212, 8. Albion 237, 9. Grinnell 241, 10. Lansing CC 342.

11. Illinois-Springfield 344, 12. Mount Mercy 356, 13. (tie) Davenport  374, Carthage 374, 15. Aurora 402, 16. Trinity Christian 423, 17.  Highland CC 504, 18. Illinois-Chicago 506, 19. St. Francis 532, 20.  Harper College 565.

21. Wisconsin Lutheran 603, 22. Waubonsee 621, 23. Dakota Wesleyan  626, 24. Morton College 629, 25. Edgewood 631, 26. Cardinal Stritch  658, 27. Kalamazoo 731, 28. Briar Cliff 738, 29. Dominican 836, 30.  North Park 841, 31. Chicago State 935.

Mount Mercy (team scoring placements) - 23. Jacob Blackmon 26:51, 39.  Aaron Golding 27:17, 72. Cameron Steffens 27:58, 81. Sayed Opeyany  28:09, 141. Jasper Severn 29:47.