ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Senior Addie Mathis put herself in position for a possible NCAA national championship bid and helped the Truman State Women's cross country team to their best team finish in 13 years on Saturday at the Midwest regional race.

Mathis jumped six places over the final kilometer in the 6K race and closed with a time of 21:54.86 to place 19th overall. The NCAA Division II national committee will now compare results across all eight regional races with qualifying teams and then select at-large individuals to complete the field. They will notify schools later in the week with the national championship race set for November 23 in Sacramento, California. It is the best individual regional finish since Laura Tarantino placed 18th in 2016. 

Fellow senior Lexi Henrikson was the next Bulldog to finish as she ran 22:48.12 and was in 50th position. The next three Bulldog scorers all finished within two seconds of each other. Kate Yates was 57th in 23:04.06, Carmen Gentilia was 60th in 23:05.13 and Kati Schoeneberg was 62nd in 23:05.44. 

That five-person unit gave the Bulldogs 248 points and a seventh place team finish. They were second behind Lewis among Great Lakes Valley Conference teams and posted the highest team finish since a fourth place showing in 2011. Last year, the Bulldogs were 13th.

Lydia Lehmbeck (23:18.79 - 78th) and Cora Stimpson (23:25.29 - 84th) rounded out the Bulldogs squad on Saturday on the Lewis University course.