Western Kentucky freshman Heather Whitlow led the Lady Toppers at Saturday’s Vanderbilt Commodore Classic cross country meet in Nashville.

Whitlow, who has led the Lady Toppers in all three races this season, was 169th with a time of 22 minutes, 4.8 seconds over the 5K course.

Whitlow was the lone Lady Topper or Hilltopper to cross the finish line as the meet was used to prepare for the squad’s upcoming schedule. The WKU men competed on an 8K course from Percy Warner Park in Music City at the 15th annual Commodore Classic.

“Vanderbilt provided another quality opportunity against a competitive field for us to continue building towards success,” WKU coach Erik Jenkins said in a news release. “This was our third meet in a row with an inexperienced group but every opportunity provides value. We didn’t have many finishers in this meet but we took precautions to protect the group long term while still taking advantage of the training opportunity.”