The Gustavus women’s cross country team placed three runners in the top six at the St. Olaf Invitational on Saturday, but could only come away with a fourth place finish out of 15 teams. Junior Hailey Harren (Cold Spring, Minn.), the reigning Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women’s cross country runner of the week picked up her second victory in as many races with a clocking of 22 minutes, 10 seconds, breaking the meet record by 13 seconds. Senior Kourtney Joyce (Wadena, Minn.) picked up a top five finish, placing fourth in a time of 23:05. Ashley Cronin (Sr., Kandiyohi, Minn.) narrowly missed a top five finish of her own, placing sixth in 23:34 as she led a pack of five runners across the line.
The host Oles edged Macalester for the team title, 72-71, as both teams had all of their top five runners place in the top 25 overall. Wisconsin-Eau Claire finished in third place with 106 points, just ahead of the Gusties’ total of 109.
The Gusties are next in action next weekend at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota.
St. Olaf Invite – Sept. 17, 2005
Women’s Team Results
Place Team Points
1 St. Olaf 71
2 Macalester 72
3 UW-Eau Claire 106
4 Gustavus 109
5 Carleton 119
6 MSU-Mankato 190
7 UW-Stout 200
8 Central (Iowa) 256
9 UW-River Falls 260
10 UM-Duluth 300
11 MSU-Moorhead 309
12 St. Catherine 321
13 Augsburg 329
14 Winona State 419
15 Martin Luther College 421
16 North Central 442
17 Iowa Lakes C.C. 565
18 Crown College 578
Gustavus Individual Placings
Overall PL Name Time
1 Hailey Harren 22:10
4 Kourtney Joyce 23:05
6 Ashley Cronin 23:34
48 Laura Edlund 24:44
59 Chandra Daw 24:59
64 Mollie Lager 25:06
69 Lydia Davitt 25:15
70 Sarah Bernhardson 25:16
71 Melissa Kittock 25:17
74 Val Berquam 25:19
90 Jill Fagerstrom 25:43
98 Sarah Willis 25:58
100 Kirsten Devries 26:03
119 Nicole Olson 26:27
141 Jenna Pederson 26:48
147 Maari Hanson 26:54
153 Cat Wiechmann 26:59
171 Sarah Cowles 27:19
180 Kristen Johnson 27:29
185 Raychal Zupancich 27:40
203 Mary Palmer 27:59
215 Laura Lynch 28:15
232 Heidi Bulfer 28:53
238 Kayla Ricksham 29:06