Whitewater, Wis. -- The UW-Whitewater women's cross country team paced the pack in the team's annual Tom Hoffman Invitational Saturday. The Warhawks claimed the top five spots and nine of the top eleven at the meet. 

Katie Erb (Winnebago, Ill./) led the way Saturday with a time of 23:44. Abi Anderson (Janesville, Wis./Craig) added a second sub-24 time with a second-place clocking of 23:51. Payton Scoggin (Kenosha, Wis./Indian Trails) crossed the line in 24:21 followed by Ella Hansen (Pewaukee, Wis./UW-Parkside) (24:34) and Miranda McNally (Downers Grove, Ill./North) (25:11) to round out the top five. 

Two runners from MSOE were the next to cross the finish line followed by four more Warhawks. Nicole Brown (Grayslake, Ill./) registered an eighth-place time of 25:22 with Kaitlyn Burke (Fort Atkinson, Wis./) just three seconds back. Emma Henningfeld (East Troy, Wis./) posted a time of 25:26 to secure tenth while Carleen Snow's (Rio, Wis./DeForest) time of 25:39 was good for eleventh. 

Also representing UW-Whitewater in the field of 50 runners were: Brinley Everson (Waunakee, Wis./) (25:48), Jocelyn Ramirez (Jefferson, Wis./) (25:51), Renee Forystek (Waukesha, Wis./North) (26:04), Madison Wnek (Batavia, Ill./) (26:23), Addi Kowalewski (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) (26:23), Brielle Scoles (Kewaskum, Wis./) (26:46), Kya Krenz (Osceola, Wis./) (26:55), Hailey Bilodeau (Machesney Park, Ill./Harlem) (27:00), Lily Watson (Kiel, Wis./) (27:00), Emma Shingledecker (New Berlin, Wis./West) (27:05), Abby Motz (New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower) (27:15), Bella Delgado (Oak Creek, Wis./) (27:54), Emma Skelton (Mt. Prospect, Ill./) (28:00), Kylie Ludwig (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way West) (28:02) and Mady Muehr (Greendale, Wis.) (29:25). 

The Warhawks have a week off before heading to Colfax, Wisconsin for the Blue Gold Invitational hosted by UW-Eau Claire at Whitetail Golf Course on October 3.