Freshman Cameron Bujaucius made her debut at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Championships a strong one, as she placed 15th overall Saturday afternoon in the meet held at at Blue River Park in Shelbyville, Indiana.

John Carroll was thought to be in a rebuilding year and not much of a threat to challenge for a conference title in 2018.

For the last three years, John Carroll has been the runner-up at the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Championships.

Those were veteran teams.

John Carroll had four runners in the top 50 to earn a fourth place showing against a loaded field Saturday at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, hosted by Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.

John Carroll's rookie duo of Ian Pierson and Cameron Bujaucius have had quite the start to their collegiate careers.

The Youthful John Carroll women's cross country team got a taste of yet another big meet, and did not shrink from the big stage.