Arianna Polk (Philadelphia, PA/Central HS) ran a personal best time of 19:49.55 to finish in eighth place overall at the 2016 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Cross Country Championships at Joseph Bryan Park in Richmond, Virginia Thursday morning,  earning all-conference honors in the process.

It's the first such honor for Polk, a second-year runner from Central High School in Philadelphia.  Her efforts along with personal-best times from each of her teammates, led the Lions to a sixth place team finish with 149 points at this year's championship.  Winston-Salem State won the team title, placing five runners on the All-CIAA team to finish with 27 points.

Senior Genae Butler (Baltimore, MD/Western HS) was the second Lincoln runner to finish, crossing the line in 27^th place with a personal best time of 21:24.22. Right on her heals in 31^st place was Joelle Polk (Philadelphia, PA/Central HS),  finishing in 21:35.21, also a personal best.

Rounding out the Lions top five finishers were Emani Parsons (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood HS) and Adia Berkel (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine HS) , placing 41^st and 42^nd place respectively.  Parsons completed the 5K course in 22:41.22 while Berkel finished in 22:41.80.  Both times were personal bests.

Cleo Spear (Sydney, Australia/Oxford Falls Grammar School) and Sydney Anderson rounded out the Lincoln finishers.  Spear placed 44^th overall with a personal best time of 22:45.92 while Anderson also recorded a personal best, finishing 47^th with a time of 23:13.45.

complete individual results of the meet can be found here
team results can be found here