Men take third, women eighth in talented field

Saturday, September 28

Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights, Minn.

9:30 a.m.

South Dakota State University

Roy Griak Invitational

Joseph Minor-Williams runs at the 13th SDSU CLassic on 9/13/19

9/28/2019 12:26:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

FALCON HEIGHTS, MINN.— The Jackrabbit men and women got their first real glimpse of competition Saturday morning at the Roy Griak Invitational.

Lead by Joseph Minor-Williams, Micah Mather and Gabe Peters, the 15th-ranked team in the Midwest took third place, knocking off regionally ranked Columbia (7th in the Northeast), California Baptist (10th in the West), Minnesota (4th in the Midwest) and UC Santa Barbara (14th in the West).

The Jackrabbits came away with 128 points, following behind Duke (34) and Southern Utah (54).

Men's 8K Results:
17. Joseph Minor-Williams: 25:11.7
19. Micah Mather: 25:20.2
21: Gabe Peters: 25:23.7
34. Lukas Nelson: 25:37.4
41. Ben Olson: 25:49.1
44. Thomas Breuckman: 25:51.1
48. Joe Rush: 25:54.5
58. Alexander Auch: 26:06.6
62. Lukas Pierson: 26:17.1
71. Daniel Burkhalter: 26:26.6
77. Blake Iverson: 26:31.2
86. Michael Schwinghamer: 26:52.1
90. Mason McDonald: 26:59.6
93: Ray Munsterman: 27:12.9
101: Evan Fick: 27:24.0
105. Carter Knaus: 27:52.3
106. Jacob Wilts: 27:54.7

Men's Team Scores:
1. Duke (34)
2. Southern Utah (54)
3. South Dakota State (128)
4. California Baptist (139)
5. UC Santa Barbara (149)
6. Columbia (153)
7. Minnesota (168)
8. British Columbia (203)
9. North Dakota State (227)
10. San Francisco (233)
11. Northern Iowa (311)
12. San Diego (325)
13. UC Riverside (368)
14. North Dakota (400)

On the women's side, Anna Donnay once again paced the Jackrabbits, claiming 10th place with a time of 21:35.0 to lead the Jacks to an eighth place finish with 226 points.

Besides North Dakota State (213 points), the only teams the Jacks came in behind were all regionally ranked.

Women's 6K Results:
10. Anna Donnay: 21:35.0
51. Ellie Friesen: 22:45.6
55. Cailee Peterson: 22:48.6
56. Leah Hansen: 22:49.9
90. Kendra Dykstra: 23:28.6
94. Jessica Christoffer: 23:38.5
99. Emma Nelson: 23:42.1
100. Anna Fasen: 23:44.4
102: Nicole Greyer: 23:45.1
112: Kayla Christopherson: 24:08.8
116: Malorie Schmoll: 24:17.3
117: Michaela Kelley: 24:20.2
125. Josephine Moor: 24:45.7
132. Josie Olsen:25:03.5
136: Janean Hanka: 25:23.1
138. Bridget Henne: 25:27.8
140. Bailey Dergan: 25:49.9
143. Megan Sievers: 26:49.3

Women's Team Scores:
1. California Baptist (60)
2. Columbia (78)
3. Minnesota (81)
4. Southern Utah (94)
5. Gonzaga (172)
6. San Francisco (194)
7. North Dakota State (213)
8. South Dakota State (226)
9. British Columbia (232)
10. SanDiego (253)
11. UC Santa Barbara (279)
12. Northern Iowa (293)
13. North Dakota (339)
14. Pacific (427)
15. UC Riverside (433)

Up Next:
The Jacks are back in the 605 for the Briar Cliff Invitational at Adams Nature Preserve in N. Sioux City, South Dakota.

-GoJacks.com-