Palmer Turns in Top 10 Finish at Wooster Invitational
September 1, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College cross country season got underway at the Wooster Invitational Friday evening where runners battled not just the rolling hills of the L.C. Boles Memorial Golf Course, but heat and humidity as well. However, the Commodores still had two runners posting Top-10 and Top-25 finishes after both races were completed. Held at the College of Wooster, LCCC was one of four regional colleges (Oberlin, Wooster, and Baldwin Wallace) competing in the non-scoring race.
Madison Palmer picked up right where she left last season where she reached NJCAA All-American status by turning a season opening time of 17:38 on the 4K course at Wooster, finishing 9th among 37 runners. The 2024 time was just five seconds off her 2023 Wooster Invitational finish of 17:33.
| Name | Place | Time |
| Madison Palmer (Sheffield Village, Ohio/Brookside HS) | 9th | 17:38 |
On the men's side (4 miles), Michael Couture finished 25th out of 56 runners.
| Name | Place | Time |
| Michael Couture (Elyria, Ohio/Open Door Christian HS) | 25th | 24:42 |
| Rayan Zaidi (Amherst, Ohio/Marion L. Steele HS) | 47th | 30:37 |
| Brady Hurst (LaGrange, Ohio/Keystone HS) | 49th | 31:03 |
| Owen Thornsbury (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS) | 52nd | 31:52 |
| Braylon Miller (LaGRange, Ohio/Keystone) | 53rd | 32:18 |
| Grayson Belles (North Ridgeville, Ohio/North Ridgeville HS) | DNF | DNF |
LCCC's next meet will be on September 20, 2024 in the All-Ohio Classic at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course in Cedarville, Ohio. The women's race begins at 6 p.m. and the men start at 6:40 p.m.