NEWVILLE, Pa. – Emily Smeds and Mackenzie Young of the Bridgewater College women's cross country team took part in the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championship Saturday afternoon.

Smeds, a junior out of Palmyra, Va., posted a 42^nd-place finish crossing the line at the 21:57.7 mark of the 6k meet. This time moves the junior to fourth all-time in program history.

Young, a senior runner from Chesterfield, Va., clocked a 23:10.6 in her first ever national championship meet.

Smeds and Young competed in a field of 292 total runners.

Lynchburg was the only ODAC school to field a team placing seventh in the race. Carleton won the event with a total score of 151. Fiona Smith, from St. Benedict, took home the individual championship clocking a first-place time of 19:54.1.