HANSEN WINS SDSU CLASSIC

Friday, September 10

Brookings, SD

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

SDSU Classic

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

9/10/2021 10:21:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

COMPLETE RESULTS

South Dakota State University women's cross country received another outstanding performance from Leah Hansen as she won the individual title at the SDSU Classic Friday night.

Hansen was battling early on with University of North Dakota's top runner until the 3,000-meter mark as she found herself in second place until about the 4K mark. Hansen then started to gain a healthy advantage over the field and pulled away to cross the line at Edgebrook Golf Course in 17 minutes, 56.91 seconds an 18-second personal best in the 5K race for cross country. Hansen now boasts back-to-back meet wins after taking first at the Augustana Twilight Sept. 3.

Cailee Peterson made her season debut and did not disappoint, posting a third-place finish, dashing to the line in 18:13.92 which bettered her previous personal best by 34 seconds.

Jessica Christoffer (18:27.91) and Bailey Dergan (19:08.66) were next in line for the Jackrabbits as they paced their ways to sixth and 15th overall, respectively.

Bridget Henne wrapped up the scoring for SDSU, hitting the mats in 19:19.18, which was good enough for 18th overall.

As a team, the Jackrabbits (43 points) were narrowly defeated as a team by the University of North Dakota, which came away with the team title with a score of 39 points.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits will travel to Falcon Heights, Minnesota, for the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 24. Races are scheduled to go off at 10:30 a.m.

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