SACRAMENTO, CALIF -- Competing in its second 6k meet of the season, the University of Hawai'i cross country team was paced by graduate student Shannon McClish who guideded the Rainbow Wahine to a 31^st place finish Saturday morning at the Capital Cross Challenge in Sacramento, Calif.
 
McClish, the Morro Bay, Calif. native, continued her strong showing, finishing first for UH, while coming down the chute with a time of 21:41.4 for 58^th overall and earned the program's seventh-best 6k time. She finished as the top runner for UH in every meet competed in so far this season.
 
Nearly equaling her PR mark, freshman Rebecca DeKay rolled to a second-place finish for UH and 184^th overall (22:56.9). While fellow freshman Sophia Lodigiani crossed the 6k race in 23:00.3 for 196^th overall. The freshmen duo remains a strong suit for the 'Bows, placing within the scoring five in every meet competed in.
 
Rounding out the scoring five, freshmen Sarriah Brown and Anna Backus finished 272^nd (24:00.5) and 277^th (24:09.2), respectively.
 
Also competing for Hawai'i, freshman Alyssa Barnes finished 284^th (24:21.4) and sophomore Sophia Morgan placed 303^rd (25:02.7).
 
UH logged 866 points for an average 6k time of 23:04.

The Rainbow Wahine will be back home to compete in the Hawai'i Pacific University Invitational next Saturday, Oct. 5.