Saturday, November 07, 2009

Place Wins; UMD Women Qualify for NCAA D2

We interrupt our State Meet coverage with some college news ...

Led by individual champion Morgan Place, the University of Minnesota - Duluth women qualified for the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships at the Central Regional Championship in Wayne, Nebraska today.

Place (pictured, leading), a sophomore from Ellsworth, Wisconsin, clocked 21:39 over the 6K course for a 20-second victory over runner-up Kristen McGlynn of Adams State.

UMD finished 6th as a team, earning the final qualifying spot for the D2 national meet.

Minnesota State -Mankato's men finished a non-qualifying 7th at the meet.

Find complete results HERE.

Photo by Taylor Marble.

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