DIII: Wintheiser Wins Individual Title, St. Olaf Second in Men's Team Race: Steinke 4th and Meyer 7th in Woman's Race

St. Olaf's Grant Wintheiser won the men's 8K in 23:44.9. UW Eau Claire's Josh Thorson finished third in 23:57.1. North Central took the team title over St. Olaf 130-143.  Full DIII men's race results are HERE.

Wintheiser stayed with the pack until the late stages of the race where he broke away for the win.  St. Olaf had the advantage in the first half of the team race, but North Central came on over the last half to reclaim the team title that St. Olaf took last year.

St. Olaf men's team

Race favorites Amy Regan of the Stevens Institute of Technology and Lucy Cheadle of Washington University battled over the last two kilometers with Regan breaking away down the homestretch to win by seven seconds 20:50.9 to 20:58.7  Post race interview with Amy Regan HERE.

Ruth Steinke of Carleton was fourth in 21:37.9 and Macalester's Kimber Meyer seventh in 21:41.4. Erin Statz of St. Thomas was 13th in 21:00.6. Johns Hopkins won their third straight team title. Carleton was 14th, St. Thomas 21st, and St. Olaf 27th in the team race.

Eau Claire coach Dan Schwamberger's summary of the UW Eau Claire team results(men/7th; women 17th) on YouTube HERE.  St. Olaf SID men's summary is HERE. Carleton men's summary is HERE. Macalester SID info on Kimber Meyer HERE. St. Thomas SID story is HERE(women) and HERE(men).

USATF men's race recap is HERE with interviews with both coach Phil Lundin and Grant Wintheiser. North Central team talks about the battle for the men's team title HERE.

Full DIII results are HERE.