ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Greenville University women's cross country turned in a strong performance against a deep field Saturday, finishing sixth out of 19 teams at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational held at Saukie Golf Course.

The Panthers totaled 221 points in the women's 6-kilometer race, placing ahead of Illinois College, Aurora, St. Ambrose, Lake Forest, St. Xavier, Quincy and several other programs.

The University of Chicago captured the team title with 40 points, followed by Wisconsin-Parkside (95) and Augustana (Ill.) (107).

Greenville was led by Alexis Martinez, who crossed the finish line in 23:52.7 to place 15th overall and earn the Panthers' top finish of the day. Martinez finished just over a minute behind individual champion Katie Park of Quincy.

Alivia Clayton was Greenville's second scorer, placing 35th in 24:38.4.

Lydia Cahill followed in 49th place with a time of 25:15.1, while Natali Roth added a 58th-place finish in 25:45.5.

Lola Schlarmann rounded out the Panthers' scoring five, placing 87th overall in 27:03.2.

Greenville's scoring runners were separated by 3 minutes, 11 seconds, helping the Panthers secure a top-six team finish in one of the Midwest's premier regular-season meets.

Additional Panther finishers included Raven Vance (27:12.9), Morgan Sturges (28:27.3), Katelyn Vogler (28:37.9), Lauren Haacke (28:57.3), Evie Johnson (29:54.1), Jasmin Sanchez (30:58.6), Morgan Hart (31:19.9) and Savanna Hulbert (35:28.4).

Greenville will continue its postseason preparations with their final meet prior to the SLIAC championships on Oct. 16 at Hillsboro, Ill., in the Greenville Classic.