The Wayne State College women's cross-country team finished 9^th as a team with 295 points at the Northern Sun Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday morning at Yankton Trails Park in Sioux Falls. Freshman Addison Bertrand led the 'Cats with a time of 22:26.7 to finish 35^th out of 143 runners.
            Winona State finished with the best score taking their fourth NSIC Women's Cross Country Championship with 45 points. The Warriors had three of the top five finishers in the race. Minnesota State University was the second-place finisher as a team with a score of 81 points. Augustana Came in with 85 points to finish third. UMary came in with 122 points and Jamestown was right behind the Marauders with 125 points in fifth place.
            Minnesota Duluth finished sixth with 141 points, Minnesota Crookston seventh with 178 points, Northern State at 206 points and Wayne State College coming in at ninth with 295 points., University of Sioux Falls finished tenth with 299 points, MSU Moorhead scored 325 points, Minot State 264 points for twelfth, Bemidji State thirteenth with 368 points, Concordia-St. Paul 379 points, St. Cloud State fifteenth with 418 points and Southwest Minnesota State 480 points in sixteenth.
            Addison Bertrand led the Wildcats with a time of 22:26.7 and finished 35^th in the field. Senior Callie Kirchner was the next WSC runner across the finish line at 61^st with a time of 22:58.2. Allie Czapla finished with a time of 23:35.3 in 81^st place and freshman Olivia Miles finished 88^th at 23:52.7. Kyla Krusemark and Meghan Cunningham finished 95^th and 96^th respectively with times of 24:13.4 and 24:15.0.
Sara Maguire was the 101^st finisher and crossed the line with a time of 24:26.9. Kaitlyn Bloomenrader ran 24:44.2 and finished 110^th. Olivia Chapman was four places back at 114^th at 24:50.8 and Lilyan Hurner finished 117^th with a time of 25:06.3
            The Wildcats close the 2026 cross country season on Saturday, November 21, competing in the NCAA Central Region Championships in Sioux Falls at Yankton Trails Park.
 
Wayne State Women's Finishers at NSIC Championships
Yankton Trails Park – Sioux Falls, South Dakota (6,000-meter course)
 
 35.       Addison Bertrand          22:26.7            
 61.       Callie Kirchner               22:58.2            
 81.       Allie Czapla                   23:35.3                        
 88.       Olivia Myers                  23:53.7            
 95.       Kyla Krusemark             24:13.4            
 96.       Meghan Cunningham    24:15.0
 101.     Sara Maguire                24:26.9            
 110.     Kaitlyn Bloomenrader    24:44.2
 114.     Olivia Chapman             24:50.8            
 117.     Lilyan Hurner                 25:06.3