Freshman
Addison Bertrand placed ninth overall to lead the Wayne State College women's cross country team to an eighth-place finish at the Dordt Holiday Inn Express Invitational held Saturday morning in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Wildcats had a team score of 187 points to finish eighth in the 16-team field.
Host Dordt was the runaway team champion in the women's division with 25 points followed by Benedictine (Kan.) in second at 89. College of St. Mary was third with 124 points followed by South Dakota Mines (131) and Doane (133) in the top five.
Concordia (Neb.) was sixth at 165 points with Northwestern (Iowa) seventh at 181, just ahead of eighth-place Wayne State with 187. Sioux Falls (204) and Morningside (206) closed out the top 10 teams.
Bertrand, a graduate of Sioux City Heelan HS, earned a ninth-place finish out of a field of 114 runners to lead the Wildcats covering the 6,000-meter course in a time of 22:43.3. Senior
Callie Kirchner was the next Wildcat finisher in 35
th overall at 23:33.8 followed by junior
Allie Czapla in 43
rd place at 23:48.3.
Freshman
Sara Maguire was 50
th overall in a time of 23:59.6 with sophomore
Kyla Krusemark in 70
th place at 24:41.9 and freshman
Olivia Myers 78
th in 24:54.3.
Other Wildcat runners included
Olivia Chapman (82
nd – 24:56.9),
Meghan Cunningham (87
th – 25:20.6),
Kaitlyn Bloomenrader (98
th – 25:45.4) and
Lilyan Hurner (99
th – 25:46.5).
The next meet for Wayne State is Thursday, October 22
nd when the Wildcats travel to Yankton for the Mount Marty Invitational at Fox Run Golf Course.
Wayne State women's finishers at Dordt Holiday Inn Express Invitational
Dordt Soccer Complex – Sioux Center, Iowa (6,000-meter course)
9.
Addison Bertrand 22:43.3
35.
Callie Kirchner 23:33.8
43.
Allie Czapla 23:48.3
50.
Sara Maguire 23:59.6
70.
Kyla Krusemark 24:41.9
78.
Olivia Myers 24:54.3
82.
Olivia Chapman 24:56.9
87.
Meghan Cunningham 25:20.6
98.
Kaitlyn Bloomenrader 25:45.4
99.
Lilyan Hurner 25:46.5
