Lindsey Stuckey and
Kylie Pachta were the top Wayne State runners to lead the Wildcat women's cross country team to a sixth place finish Saturday morning at the Briar Cliff Invitational run at Adams Nature Preserve in McCook Lake, South Dakota.
Dordt edged Sioux Falls 58-65 for the team title with Concordia (Neb.) third at 73 points, just ahead of fourth place Minnesota State with 74. South Dakota State was sixth at 134 points with Wayne State sixth at 209 points and Morningside seventh at 233 with 17 teams competing in the meet.
Wayne State's top three runners were within nine seconds of each other.
Lindsey Stuckey was 32
nd out of 224 runners with a time of 23:01 on the 6,000-meter course.
Kylie Pachta was next in 34
th at 23:05 and senior
Brooke Solomon was 39
th in a time of 23:10.
Freshman
Callie Kirchner finished 53
rd at 23:35 and senior
Alison Stineman took 71
st at 24:14.
Other Wildcat finishers were
Kelsey Larsen 79
th – 24:14,
Madeline Kunz 91
st – 24:28,
Meghan Cunningham 138
th – 25:13,
Sydney Escritt 141
st at 25:17,
Faith Polacek 148
th – 25:24,
Taylor Thorp 164
th – 26:02,
Maelee Beacom 171
st – 26:13 and
Kendall Stone 207
th – 28:06.
Wayne State competes again on Saturday, October 21
st at the Northern Sun Conference Championships in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Wayne State women's finishers at Briar Cliff Invite
Adams Nature Preserve – McCook Lake, South Dakota (6,000-meters)
32.
Lindsey Stuckey 23:01
34.
Kylie Pachta 23:05
39.
Brooke Solomon 23:10
53.
Callie Kirchner 23:35
71.
Alison Stineman 24:01
79.
Kelsey Larsen 24:14
91.
Madeline Kunz 24:28
138.
Meghan Cunningham 25:13
141.
Sydney Escritt 25:17
148.
Faith Polacek 25:24
164.
Taylor Thorp 26:02
171.
Maelee Beacom 26:13
207.
Kendall Stone 28:06
