Greeno and Kociscak Win Grey Ghost Titles

Run N Fun's Dan Greeno won the men's title in 15:00 and Jessica Kociscak the women's in 19:19 at the Grey Ghost 5K on Sunday in Anoka.  Rick Taplin finished 17th in 18:21, the last finisher in the race to run faster than Bill Andberg's age 65 then World Record of 18:31.  Jeremy Fink ran 18:35 in 18th, now if only he had run four seconds faster....

Full results are HERE.

Boys Class AA HS XC Coaches Rankings

Teams
1              Wayzata
2              Edina
3              Stillwater
4              Hopkins
5              Hutchinson
6              Centennial
7              Minneapolis Southwest
8              Mounds View
9              Eden Prairie
10           Rosemount
11           Bemidji
12           Minneapolis Washburn

Individuals
1              Obsa Ali, Richfield
2              Connor Olson, Wayzata
3              Isaiah Barlow, Hutchinson
4              Zack Benning, Hastings
5              Sam Carlson, Bemidji
6              Matt Lumbar, Edina
7              Jacob Mc Dermott, Cretin-Derham Hall
8              Logan Ramlet, Edina
9              Chase Cayo, St Michael-Albertville
10           Jaret Carpenter, Wayzata
11           Hunter Bailey, Winona
12           Justin Hyytinen, Farmington
Other Athletes receiving votes: Bailey Hesse-Withbroe, Stillwater

Susan Loyd Sixth in 400 at World Masters

At the World Masters Championships, Susan Loyd qualified third in her W55 400m heat (75.44) – and finished sixth in the finals (75.54).  The US W55 4X400 team finished fifth today, but it's not clear if Susan was one of the runners as team members were not listed. 

She faced some formidable competition in the 400.  The winner, Marie Mathieu, 56, of Puerto Rico, had a faster time (61.20) in the women's preliminaries than any of the men in their 55-59 heats.  Her 60.56 in the women’s finals would have placed fifth in the men’s final.  She also won the W55 100m and 200m.--from Tom Langenfeld

Full women's results are HERE.

UMD Wins Women's Title, Augustana the Men's at NSIC XC Championships

University of Minnesota Duluth won the women's title, Augustana the men's at the NSIC Cross Country Championships in South Dakota on Saturday.  University of Mary's Jennifer Agnew took the women's individual title in 20:35.02 for 6K.  Augustana's Paul Yak led his team to a dominating performance in the men's race winning the individual title in 25:07.7 for 8K.

UMD was led by the duo of freshman Samatha Rivard and sophomore Hannah Olson, who were fourth and fifth in 21:29.45 and 21:32.74.  Junior Alexandra Rudin was seventh in 21:42.41, freshman Breanna Colbenson was tenth in 21:57.27, and sophomore Erica Seidenkranz placed in 22:23.92. The individual race was expected to be a battle between Agnew and Augustana's Runa Falch, this year's Griak DII winner who set a new course record at the event.  Falch finished fourteenth and was the team's third finisher on Saturday. Women's results are HERE.

Yak, who won his third consecutive NSIC XC title, led an Augustana pack that captured to five of the top six places with the only interloper being Sioux Falls' Matt Horan's in third in 25:25.77. Norwegian brother's Tom(second/25:24.23) and Harald(fourth/25:26.16) Karbo, Adam Braun(fifth/25:31.82) and John Klecker(25:31.99) gave the hosts 18 points and the championship trophy. The team win was the fifth straight NSIC team title for Augustana.  Men's results are HERE.

News Bits

Marshall Independent story on Section 2A XC Champs HERE.

Red Wing Republican Eagle stories on Section 1A are HERE and 1AA is HERE.

Rochester Post-Bulletin story on Section 1A is HERE.

LakeAreaSports Facebook page pictures of 8A Sectionals HERE.

Waseca County Times reports on Sectionals are HERE(boys) and HERE(girls).

Worthington Daily Globe story on Section 2AA is HERE and Section 3A is HERE.

Duluth News Tribune story on Section 7A and 7AA is HERE.

Preview of NSIC XC Championships is HERE.

Invited runner list for the December 1 Fukuoka Marathon includes Team USA Minnesota's Andrew Carlson HERE.

Photo ID: Don Hurley

Don Hurley then...Photo by Jim Ferstle

One of the reasons to do the Photo ID feature is to impart some knowledge, a little history.  Give more information on people and/or events from the past. So, we'll also try and follow up the Photo ID's with a story, more info on who, what, and why this person or event shown in the photos are worth revisiting. We began with this photo of then high school champion, Don Hurley.

Hurley's career as a runner was too short.  His early years at Cretin High School were divided between running and his first love in sports, hockey.  He wanted to play for the Gophers.  He wanted to play for legendary coach Herb Brooks, but his athletic talent was in another arena.

He discovered at Cretin that he was pretty good at running.  His first coach, Bill Miles, who left Cretin to coach at Wayzata, had these parting words for Hurley: "Promise me you'll keep running."  Don kept that promise and won two MSHSL cross country titles.

...Don Hurley now.
ShoreMaster photo

He went on to help the University of Minnesota win the Big Ten Championship, ran a "four minute mile equivalent" 3:43 in the 1,500 and was a national class steeplechaser.  He'd done all that by age 21 and it appeared his future was bright.  Instead of pursuing a career in the working world, he followed his athletic dreams, but his body had other plans.  Injuries had set him back during his college career and they ended his post collegiate one. "I pulled the trigger way too fast," he says today.  "When you get to that level, you have to look in the mirror," he says.

He was typical of many athletes who had promise and went full bore after their dreams.  Injuries were just another hurdle to clear.  At 21, he says now, the possibilities seemed limitless, but by 25 his running career was over.  Cartilage damage to his right knee became so bad that his knee "swelled like a basketball," he says.  But he wasn't going to let that stop him.  He had the doctors drain the knee and got back to training.  The dream died hard.

The damage to the right knee was so bad that he still has issues.He says that one of the things he wished was available during his time is better medical information and treatment.  He's noted that runners in this today's era of advanced sports medicine recover from similar injuries that didn't end so well for him.  The grit your teeth and run through it era has given way to a more intelligent approach to training with more knowledge, better equipment, and the concept that staying healthy is one of the major keys to a successful athletic career.

Another thing Hurley likes from the present day is the sportsmanship and collegiality of today's young athletes.  Instead of in his time where for many the approach was more "military," and your opponents were to be defeated, not associated with, todays athletes communicate via social media.  His son, Keeghan, the top ranked runner in Class A, he says, is friends with Obsa Ali, who is the top runner in Class AA.  On the course they compete just as hard as the athletes of his time, but off the course they are just people who share a common passion.

Both his son Keeghan and older brother Mike got their start in sports with swimming, but both also have running talent.  Mike ran a 50.62 quarter in high school, but swimming was his sport.  He was Minnesota Swimmer of the Year in 2009, set and broke his own state record in the 200 Individual Medley, and now is a junior at traditional US swim power, Indiana.  Keeghan has lost only once this year in pursuit of a Class A individual XC title and a repeat team title for Perham.  If he does win State this year, it is believed that it would be the only father/son duo ever to both win a MSHSL Cross Country title.

Despite the fact that his years as a runner are in the distant past, Hurley has taken the drive and dedication that led to sports success and applied it to the business world.  He is the president of ShoreMaster, "a premier manufacturer of waterfront equipment," and does a mean Elvis impersonation. To demonstrate to his kids that he's fluent in social media, he has his own website HERE. Aside from Elvis(on the humor tab), there is a photo of Gopher teammate John Idstrom during a fishing outing the pair had in Montana.

Final Friday

All results are now in and listed below aside from Wednesday's 4AA and 6AA that are listed on Wednesday's report. Below are  Thursday's updated listings with added results in red.


In 1AA Red Wing won the boys, Lakeville South the girls.  Results for both are HERE(click on results).

In 2AA Hutchinson wins boys, Chanhassan the girls team titles Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 3AA Rosemount wins the boys, Eagan the girls.  Results for the boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 5AA Centenial wins the boys, Anoka the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 7AA Cloquet won the boys, Forest Lake the girls team titles. Results are HERE.

In 8AA Bemidji wins the boys, Willmar the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.



In 1A Plainview-Elgin-Millville won the boys, Dover-Eyota the girls. Results for the boys are HERE, girls HERE.

In 2A Waseca swept the team titles. Results for boys HERE. girls HERE.

In 3A  Canby/Minneota/Lincoln High win boys,  Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd High  the girls. Marshall Independent story and results HERE.

In 4A Minnehaha Academy won the boys, the Holy Family Catholic girls.  Results for the boys are HERE, girls are HERE.

In 5A Mora wins the boys, Annandale the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE

In 6A St. Cloud Cathedral swept the team titles.  Results for boys are HERE, girls HERE

In 7A Crosby Ironton wins the boys, South Ridge the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 8A Perham swept the team titles. Roseau second in boys, Park Rapids runner-up in girls. Full boys results are HERE, girls HERE.

News Bits

Stillwater Gazette story on Section 4AA meet is HERE(boys) and HERE(girls).

Sun Sailor story on the Wayzata girls team win at the Lake Conference championships is HERE

Worthington Daily Globe article on the Red Rock Conference meet is HERE.

Rochester Post-Bulletin preview of the 1AA Sectional Meet is HERE.

Sun Current article on Richfield seniors at the Shakopee Invite is HERE.

Sun Current article on Edina's Logan Ramlet is HERE.

Sun Current article on Edina girls team is HERE.

Sun Sailor story on Hopkins runnersat the Lake Conference Meet is HERE.

Sun Sailor story on the Minnetonka girls preparing for the Section 6AA meet is HERE.

Milesplit national rankings for boy's teams HERE, girls HERE.

Dystat national boys individual rankings are HERE, Individual girls are HERE. Regional rankings for boys and girls teams are HERE.

Duluth News Tribune story on the Cloquet Pumpkin Run is HERE.

Minnesota Daily's story on Jack's Run is HERE.

Photo album of the 6AA Sectionals is HERE, video is HERE

Running Times top ten boys national and regional rankings are HERE, girls are HERE.

Carlton's Hart Horner awarded MIAC XC Athlete of Week HERE.

Kimber Meyer of Macalester named female MIAC XC Athlete of the Week HERE.

St. Olaf moves up to third in NCAA DIII national rankings HERE.

Former U of M women's coach Gary Wilson inducted into Gopher M Club HOF press release is HERE.

Super Thursday

Today is "Super Thursday" for MSHSL Sectional Cross Country races.  We'll start posting links to the results on this page as we get them.  In the meantime, if you are starved for information, you can visit Milesplit's "virtual meets" HERE where predictions are made on the outcome of the Sectional races.

UPDATE:  Waseca sweeps team titles in 2A. Results for boys HERE. girls HERE.

In 2AA Hutchinson wins boys, Chanhassan the girls team titles Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 3AA Rosemount wins the boys, Eagan the girls.  Results for the boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 5A Mora wins the boys, Annandale the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 5AA Centenial wins the boys, Anoka the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 7A Crosby Ironton wins the boys, South Ridge the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

In 8AA Bemidji wins the boys, Willmar the girls.  Results for boys HERE, girls HERE.

Wayzata Sweeps Section 6AA XC Titles; Stillwater Wins 4AA Boy's Title, East Ridge the Girls Title

Wayzata(33) edged Edina(53) in the boy's race and the Wayzata girls scored 18 points for the victory in the 6AA MSHSL Sectional Championships on Wednesday.  Stillwater's boy's team won the 4AA Section title with 24 points.  East Ridge dominated the 4AA girl's race with 51 points.

Section 4AA girls results are HERE, boys HERE. The 6AA boys results are HERE, girls HERE(scroll down to October of 2013).

Yes/No: How many under Bill Andberg's mark at Grey Ghost 5K?

The 28th annual Anoka Halloween Grey Ghost 5k will take place in the "Halloween Capital of the World"on Saturday.  The Grey Ghost race has something for everyone; some will appreciate the flat, fast course as an opportunity for a personal best.  Others will relish the chance to wear a Halloween costume in a road race.  Even if you simply want to get your run in before the Grand Day Parade in Anoka, this is the race for you.

Before creating this long-time Anoka road race, Bill Andberg made his mark as a world class age-group runner.  He took over 30 years off from competitive running before rejoining the fray at age 55.  During the next 30+ years, he set more than 30 national and world records for his age categories.  Andberg won a gold medal in the first USA Nationals in 1968 (marathon) and in the first World Masters Championships in 1975 (3K and 1500).

We will use one of Andberg's great records as the standard for this week's question..

Yes/No: Will 18 or more runners at the Anoka Grey Ghost run faster than Bill Andberg's (at the time) world age-best 18:33 5k as a 65 year old?

Make sure to play the Photo ID contest this week as we will be giving an extra point to anyone that answers correctly.

To check out previous years Grey Ghost results go to the Appleraceberryjam Road Results Archives page HERE.  Then click on Anoka Grey Ghost 5k Run and All Available (years).

Or if you would rather I do the work for you, here are the number of runners that ran faster than 18:33:
2012 - 23, 2011 - 15, 2010 - 11, 2009 - 13, 2008 - 14, 2007 - 33, 2006 - 25, 2005 - 24, 2004 - 29, 2003 - 34, 2002 - 28, 2001 - 24, 2000 - 47, 1999 - 48.

To play our game, simply type "yes" or "no" into the subject line of an e-mail and send it to us at DtBFantasy [AT] gmail [DOT] com before 12:50 P.M. CDT, Saturday, October 26th.  Please put your answers in the subject line of the e-mail and make sure your full name appears somewhere in the e-mail.  We will offer a bonus for participants making their 2013 debut in Yes/No - a correct answer will be worth two points for anyone who has not played yet this year.

My Answer:  Yes

The question in last week's Yes/No Contest was: Will more women than men qualify for the 2015 Boston Marathon at the Mankato Marathon on Sunday?  The answer was no -- by my count, 35 men ran a Boston qualifier while 21 women achieved that goal.  The men's winner was Eric Thies and the women's race was won by Amy Halseth.   Nine players answered correctly this week and Dimitri Drekonja tied Lori Anne Schwiesow in first place with 22 points.  Mary Varney has 21 points and Pat Foley is at 20 points.

Photo ID

This week's "mystery man" getting an award
from a "mystery woman." If you can identify
one, you'll probably know them both.
Photo by Jim Ferstle

Showing his sense of humor.  The button
reads: "I did it in Gottenburg," a reference to the
location of one of the Masters Championships
in which he competed.  Photo by Jim Ferstle

This running legend was something of a triple threat in his youth.  He snow shoed, he ran, and he bowled.  He was a champion in all three.  Part of his legend was training in a cemetary during his senior years because back then because running around in shorts and a singlet was not a common site, especially for the "senior" population.  One of his compatriots, Dr. Alex Ratelle used to run at night because he didn't want to be seen in the daylight for fear of what the neighbors would think. Who is this unmasked man?  Who is the woman in the top photo presenting him with an award?

Last week's Photo ID answer:  Dennis Barker

After two weeks of introduction to our new contest, this time we will increase the stakes.  Anyone who answers the photo ID correctly this week will receive an extra point in the Yes/No contest.

Nine individuals answered correctly in last week's photo ID contest:  Mike Henderson, Rich Cowles, Toby Hatlevig, Andrew Bolland, Daniel Gerber, Jim Glazer, Kevin Ueland, Pat Foley and Patrick Eastman.  Andrew Bolland came through with the first correct answer.

For all the results, please visit DtB Fantasy Corner, HERE.

Boys Class A HS XC Coaches Rankings

Teams

1     Perham                     

2     Waseca                     

3     Minnehaha Academy          

4     Martin County West        

5     Crosby Ironton            

6     Mora                      

7     Plainview-Elgin-Millville  

8     Long Prairie/Grey Eagle    

9     Holdingford                

10    Mounds Park Academy        

11    Esko                       

12    St. Cloud Cathedral        

Others:  Cotter                     

Individuals

1     Keeghan Hurley, 12            Perham                  

2     Ian Torchia, 12               Rochester Lourdes       

3     Shane Streich, 11             Waseca                  

4     Mike Destache, 11             St. Paul Acad.          

5     Ephraim Bird, 11              Hope Acad.              

6     Ethan Wagner, 12              Minnehaha Academy       

7     Isaac Overmyer, 11            Park Rapids             

8     Jayden Cullen, 12             Perham                  

9     Billy Beseman, 11             Perham                  

10    Ben Burgett, 11               Willmar Christian             

11    Ryan Phillips, 12             Redwood Valley Area     

12    TJ Schiltz, 12                NRHEG                   

Other:  Derek Warner, 12, Long Prairie/Grey Eagle 

Jamie Steffen Fourth in Pole Vault at World Masters

Jamie Steffen finished fourth in the World Masters Championship in Brazil in the M35 pole vault clearing 12"9.5"(3.90m).  Susan Loyd finished third in her heat, 11th overall in the prelims of the women's M55 200 in 34.40 and did not qualify for the final.  She runs the 400 on Friday.  Full results are HERE.--From Tom Langenfeld

Girls Class A HS XC Coaches Rankings

Teams

1     Annandale                  

2     Trinity at  River Ridge    

3     Perham                     

4     Fairmont                   

5     Dover-Eyota                

6     Waseca                     

7     St. Cloud Cathedral       

8     Luverne                    

9     Lac qui ParleValley-DB     

10    Canby/Minneota/Linc HI     

11    St. Paul Academy/Summit    

12    Spectrum                  

Others:   Mora                      

Individuals

1     Emi Trost, 12                 Cannon Falls            

2     Kayla Huhnerkoch, 11          Redwood Valley Area    

3     Madison Schandelmeier, 9      Luverne                

4     Courtney Alama, 12            Annandale               

5     Mary Naas, 11                 St. Paul Academy/Summit 

6     McKenzie Holt, 12             St. Cloud Christian     

7     Alaysia Freetly, 11           Lac qui ParleValley-DB  

8     Nicole Slater, 12             Adrian                  

9     Bethany Coop, 12              Mora                    

10    Victoria Burr, 12             Glencoe-Silver Lake     

11    Rachel Eickhoff, 11           St. Cloud Cathedral     

12    Elizabeth Schlafke, 10        Annandale              

Others:    Judy Larson, Norwood Young America; Becca Wilkin, 10, Trinity at River Ridge; Theresa Mueller, 11, Trinity at River Ridge  

News Clips

Jacob Lawrence of St. Paul won the Deadman Peaks 50-Mile Trail Run in Cuba, New Mexico on Saturday in 8:50:40. Results are HERE.

USTFCCCA DI rankings are HERE.  DII rankings taking this week off.  DIII regional rankings HERE. Emma Bates from Elk River and running for Boise State who was selected as DI Female Athlete of the Week  with short bio, and links to video of the Pre-National  Invite Blue race and post race Flotrack interview is HERE.

Duluth News Tribune story on the Wild Duluth 100K is HERE, and a brief report on multi Grandma's Marathon champion Doug Kurtis's 200th sub 3 hour marathon last weekend is HERE.

Milesplit HS boy's HERE and girl's HERE weekly rankings.

St Cloud  Times story on Granite Conference Meet is HERE. Boy's results are HERE.  Girl's HERE.

News Bits

Meghan Peyton blogs on her race at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon HERE.

Minnesota Daily report on Wisconsin Adidas Invitational is HERE.(Note: according to "official" results from Wisconsin meet Gopher men finished 25th.  Confusion seems to be over Gopher Bob Nicolls, who was the second finisher for the team in 97th, while Andrew Larson was the third Minnesota finisher.  Both Nicolls and Larson had the same time of 24:21.  Appears there was a set of "official" results that are linked on the University of Minnesota SID site and the TFRRS.org site put the Gophers in 29th without Nicolls in the event and has a list of finishers in the B race that does include Nicolls and other Gopher men HERE..  However, the current set of "official" meet results on the University of Wisconsin XC site have the Gophers in 25th HERE.  What the conflicting results do agree upon is that a second team of Gopher women won the B race at Wisconsin.  Results are HERE.)

Sun Sailor story on Lake Conference boy's race is HERE.

I guess you could call this: Keeping up with Thom Weddle.  Now in the 75-79 age group category, Weddle has been busy.  He won his age group in the First Avenue Mile in the Big Apple in 6:31 on September 29. He was second in his age group in the US Masters 5K road championship in Syracuse, NY on October 6 in 23:43.  Last weekend he was scheduled to run in the US Masters 5K Cross Country Championships in New Jersey.  We're still waiting for those results.Update:  Weddle won his age group in 25:03.  USATF summary article HERE. Full results are HERE.

Boys Class AA HS XC Coaches Rankings

Teams
1              Wayzata
2              Edina
3              Stillwater
4              Hutchinson
5              Eden Prairie
6              Mounds View
7              Centennial
8              Minneapolis Southwest
9              Minneapolis Washburn
10           Totino Grace
11           Rosemount
12           Bemidji
Other Teams receiving votes: Hopkins

Individuals
1              Obsa Ali, Richfield
2              Connor Olson, Wayzata
3              Isaiah Barlow, Hutchinson
4              Zack Benning, Hastings
5              Sam Carlson, Bemidji
6              Jacob McDermott, Cretin-Derham Hall
7              Logan Ramlet, Edina
8              Matt Lumbar, Edina
9              Hunter Bailey, Winona
10           Jaret Carpenter, Wayzata
11           Chase Cayo, St Michael-Albertville
12           Sam Sinkler, Minneapolis Southwest
Other Athletes receiving votes: Bailey Hesse-Withbroe, Stillwater

Girls Class AA HS XC Coaches Rankings

Teams

1     Wayzata                                                          

2     East Ridge                                           

3     Edina                     

4     Lakeville South           

5     Eagan                                                

6     Willmar

7     Chanhassen                                                             

8     Bemidji

9     Forest lake

10    Monticello

11    Roseville

12    Prior Lake                

Others receiving votes:  Mounds View, Eden Prairie, Marshall, White Bear Lake, Moorhead, Burnsville  

Individuals                        

1     Anna French, 11               Wayzata                            

2     Megan Hasz, 10                Alexandria                         

3     Bethany Hasz, 10              Alexandria             

4     Jenna Truedson, 11            Bemidji                            

5     Bailey Ness, 12               East Ridge                         

6     Rachel King, 12               St Michael-Albertville

7     Emily Betz, 11                East Ridge

8     Caroline Brisbois, 12         Roseville                    

9     Lizzy Heil, 9                 St Michael-Albertville

10   Bethany Kozak, 12             White Bear Lake                    

11    Vivian Hett, 12               Burnsville                               

12    Tess Misgen, 9                Shakopee                           

 Others receiving votes: Anastasia Korzenowski, 9; Chanhassen, Annika Halverson, 12;  Wayzata; Grace Loeslie, 11, Chanhassen; Patty O'Brien, 12, North St Paul;  Shaelyn Sorensen, 12, Tartan; Anna Van Wyk, 11, Eagan; Annika Lerdall, 9, Wayzata; Rhianna Rinke, 9, North Branch; Amber Seidenkranz, 12, Monticello

Theis Wins Men's Race, Halseth Women's in Sunday's Mankato Marathon

Eric Theis won the men's title in 2:34:55 and Amy Halseth won the women's race in 2:58:18 at Sunday's Mankato Marathon.  Full results are available HERE. Marathon photo gallery is HERE. Chris Erichsen won the men's Half Marathon in 1:09:53.  Elizabeth Yetzer won the women's in 1:18:24.  Mankato Free Press pre-race story on Mankato's Lindsay Henkels, who is trying to qualify for the US Olympic Marathon Trials, but fell short in the Mankato half, running 1:22:18 for second, is HERE

Chelsea Johnson Wins UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invite Title; Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer and Wisconsin Adidas Invite Results

Photo courtesy of St. Scholastica

St. Scholastica's Chelsea Johnson won the UW Oshkosh Brooks 6K Invitational title on Saturday in 21:04.1. Johnson broke her own school record and won by twelve seconds.Lucy Cheadle of Washington University-St. Louis was second with a time of 21:16.

Johnson has now won three straight races (Griak, Pre-Nats, Brooks) and has five wins this season. CSS Hall of Famer Desiree Budd is the only other Saint in program history to win three straight races and that took place in both the 2001 and 2002 seasons. Budd won a program-best six races in 2002.

As a team, all five Saints that scored had personal-best times. However, that is not unusual for the fast track at Lake Breeze. The Saints placed thirteenth out of 36 teams with 341 points.

Taylor Gibson (La Crescent, Minn./La Crescent HS) was 77th in 23:14. Andrea Mogren (Forest Lake/Forest Lake HS) was a spot back in 78th with a time of 23:15. Liz Braml (Turtle Lake/Turtle Lake HS) was 89th, finishing in 23:21. The final Saint to score was Jordan Johnson (Poplar/Northwestern HS) in 128th in 23:41.

The meet featured nine teams nationally ranked. Three teams ranked behind the No. 24 Saints, finished ahead of CSS: No. 26 Washington-St. Louis-3rd, No. 25 Willamette (Ore.)-8th and No. 29 DePauw (Ind.)-12th. CSS did finish ahead of Aurora (Ill.), who was ranked 23rd this week.

Defending NCAA Division III champion No. 8 Calvin College (Mich.) won the meet with 71 points. Sixth-ranked University of Chicago was second with 120 points.

The Saints will be at the 2013 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championships on Saturday, November 2nd in New Brighton at the Brightwood Hills Golf Course.

Full results are HERE.

St. Olaf's Grant Wintheiser ran 24:53.2  finishing third in the Jim Drews 8K to lead St. Olaf to the team title. Individual results are HERE.  Team results are HERE and HERE.  St Olaf's Noelle Olson(21:36/third) was the top Minnesota finisher in the Tori Neubauer 6K Invitational.  The Gopher women finished second in the team competition.  Individual results are HERE. Team results are HERE and HERE.

St. Olaf placed four in the top ten and all five scorers in the top eleven.  After Wintheiser finished Brian Saksa was fifth (24:59). Sophomore Calvin Lehn was seventh (25:20), junior Jake Brown eighth (25:23) and sophomore Jake Campbell (25:28) 11th as the Oles posted a team score of 41, 55 points ahead of runner up UW-La Crosse. 

Central College was third, Iowa Central Community College fourth and Luther fifth. St. Thomas was eighth (251 points), and was next best of nine MIAC schools in the race. 

Gopher junior Chelsea Pettit (Savage) took ninth overall to lead the Gopher women. 

"Chelsea Pettit had the best race of her career, bar none, between cross country and track," head coach Sarah Hopkins said. "She's finally getting some confidence in herself and figuring out what she can do. It's just awesome to see."

Minnesota's top five runners finished among the top 25 at the meet. Behind Pettit, redshirt sophomore Hannah Trasser (Brookfield) and junior Jillian Johnson(Green Bay) rounded out the Gophers' top three finishers as Trasser took 17th in 22:35.4 and Johnson was 18th in 22:36.5.

Redshirt freshman Melissa Cabak (Plymouth) finished 22nd in 22:47.6, and redshirt sophomore Lauren Domski (Woodbury) was 24th in 22:51.2.

"All around, I think it was a really solid weekend," Hopkins said. "We decided to bring 17 runners to the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, so we took five runners who would normally run with this group out there, and they still got second in this meet. To do that is pretty impressive."

In total, 12 Gophers raced as Minnesota came in second in the team standings with 90 points. Wartburg won the meet with 81 points. Luther sophomore Tricia Serres claimed the individual crown in 21:19.3. Over 470 runners from 32 universities competed in the 6K 

The Gopher women finished eighth and the men finished 25th at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational 8K. Results are HERE.