Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Larson, Berens are MIAC XC Athletes of the Week

St. Catherine's Ailee Larson (Lutsen, MN) had a day to remember Saturday at the UW-River Falls Falcon Invitational. Larson won in 22:12.6, setting a new personal best, a new course record, and ran the second-fastest time in Wildcats history. To that list Larson can now add the designation as the MIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete-of-the-Week.
Larson, a junior, ran a minute and 19 seconds faster than her previous best, and only 14 seconds behind the school record by All-American Greta Sieve set in 2009. Larson led SCU to a sixth-place finish.
The Wildcats and Larson will take this week off and prepare for The Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September. 28 at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul.

Bethel junior Matt Berens (Oakdale, Minn./North St. Paul) won his second MIAC Men's XC Athlete of the Week honor with his record-setting - performance at Saturday's Les Duke Invitational in Grinnell, Iowa. His winning time of 24:32 shattered the meet record, which had stood for nearly 20 years. 
The junior lead Bethel to a fourth-place finish. Berens is undefeated  in cross country and will attempt to keep that streak alive at the Griak Invitational

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