Ashley Irby and her Elon University Women's Cross Country teammates competed at the Royals Cross Country Challenge hosted by Queens University at McAlpine Park which saw 541 runners complete the course.
In the Women's 5K, Elon was 25th in the race with 685 points as they competed without most of its top seven runners. Hannah Miller was the top finisher for the Elon Women with her time of 19:17.5 crossing the line 127th.
Seniors Grace Dellapa and Emily Smith were the next runners to cross the line for Elon behind Miller. Dellapa finished 133rd clocked a time of 19:20.8 and Smith came across next in 19:21.3. Freshman Irby made her collegiate debut and ran a time of 19:25.6 finishing 147th, while senior Sami King had a time of 19:46.0 to round out the top-five times for Elon as she was 185th.