Freshman
Kaitlyn Bloomenrader placed 22
nd overall to lead the Wayne State College women's cross country team to a ninth place finish Saturday morning at the Dordt Holiday Inn Express Classic in Sioux Center, Iowa.
Host Dordt easily captured the team title with 20 points followed by Benedictine (Kan.) in a distant second at 90 points. Doane (122), Concordia (Neb.) at 127 and Minnesota Crookston with 159 points closed out the top five teams.
Augustana JV was sixth at 170 followed by Dakota State in seventh (177), Northwestern (Iowa) eighth with 190 and Wayne State ninth at 191 with Southwest Minnesota State closing out the team scoring at 212.
Bloomenrader was the first Wildcat to cross the finish line covering the 6,000-meter course in 23:20.8 to finish 22
nd out of 142 runners. Freshman Allie Czapla was next in 46
th place in 24:03.30 with
Sydney Escritt 51
st overall at 24:15.30. Rounding out the top five runners were
Madeline Kunz taking 56
th at 24:23.10 and sophomore
Callie Kirchner 72
nd in a time of 24:46.70.
Other Wayne State finishers included
Jozlyn Barnes 88
th – 25:30.70,
Maelee Beacom 99
th – 25:54.40,
Taylor Thorp 110
th – 26:28.40,
Madi McKie 114
th – 26:43.70 and
Nikola Prochazkova 127
th – 27:18.10.
The next meet for Wayne State College is the Northern Sun Conference Championships in Minot, North Dakota on Saturday, October 26
th.
Wayne State women's finishers at Dordt Holiday Inn Express Classic
Dordt Cross Country Course – Sioux Center, Iowa (6,000-meters)
22.
Kaitlyn Bloomenrader 23:20.80
46. Allie Czapla 24:03.30
51.
Sydney Escritt 24:15.30
56.
Madeline Kunz 24:23.10
72.
Callie Kirchner 24:46.70
88.
Jozlyn Barnes 25:30.70
99.
Maelee Beacom 25:54.40
110.
Taylor Thorp 26:28.40
114.
Madi McKie 26:43.70
127.
Nikola Prochazkova 27:18.10
