"This was the best team effort that I've ever had in my 40-plus years of coaching ... "

"... we executed our game plan perfectly. We finished with our top eight runners in front of everyone else's fifth finisher, which is quite an accomplishment."

So says Gopher women's coach Gary Wilson in THIS Big Ten Network recap of Minnesota's one-point Big Tens victory over Michigan State on Sunday in Columbus.

The story-lines that emerge from that piece and THIS ONE, in the Minnesota Daily, are of team depth, the leadership of Ladia Albertson-Junkans, and Heather Dorniden's kick.

Dorniden used her 2:01 800 meter speed to pass three runners in the final 300 meters on Sunday, including Michigan State's Sarah Price, a Mankato Loyola alum.