Athletics

Women’s Cross Country Places Third at Dan Huston Invite

The Gustavus women’s cross country squad placed third at the Dan Huston Invite hosted by Wartburg College on Saturday in Waverly, Iowa.

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The Gustavus women’s cross country squad placed third at the Dan Huston Invitational hosted by Wartburg College on Saturday in Waverly, Iowa.
The invite followed a format used for US & World Cross Country Championships. There were two varsity races for each gender. The long races for both genders were the normal 8,000 meter (men) and 6,000 meter (women) racing distances. In addition to the normal racing distances, there were also shorter races at 4,000 meters for men and women. Each race was scored separately. The overall champion was determined for each gender by adding the scores of the long and short races .

Gustavus placed second in the 6K race, which featured many of the best runners from each of the schools at the competition. Nicole Olson and Nichole Petersen placed third and fourth as the two Gusties finished with times of 23:27 and 23:29 respectively.

Head Coach Scott Jerome’s squad ran fourth in the 4K race. Jen Skalko placed 10th overall.

The Gusties finished with 167 combined points from the two races. UW-La Crosse (139) and Wartburg (150) placed first and second.

Gustavus returns to action on October 24 by traveling to Northfield to face St. Olaf in a dual meet.

Dan Huston Invitational Combined Team Results

  1. UW-La Crosse 139
  2. Wartburg 150
  3. Gustavus 167
  4. Augustana (IL) 328
  5. St. Olaf 351
  6. UW-Parkside 381
  7. Central 480
  8. Cornell 532

    9. Dan Huston Invitational 6K Results

    1. UW-La Crosse 54
    2. Gustavus 61
    3. Wartburg 69
    4. UW-Parkside 85
    5. St. Olaf 163
    6. Augustana (IL) 192
    7. Loras 207
    8. Central 208
    9. Northwestern 211
    10. Cornell 244
    11. Dubuque 278

      12. Gustavus Runners
      3rd Nicole Olson 23:27
      4th Nichole Petersen 23:29
      17th Tasha Pike 24:05
      24th Brianna Vaa 24:35
      26th Hailey Harren 24:38
      45th Heidi Bulfer 25:28
      67th Beth Zirbes 26:25

      Dan Huston Invitational 4K Results

      1. UW-Madison 23
      2. Wartburg 81
      3. UW-La Crosse 85
      4. Gustavus 106
      5. Augustana (IL) 136
      6. Carleton 155
      7. St. Olaf 188
      8. Central 272
      9. Cornell 288
      10. UW-Parkside 296
      11. Simpson 315
      12. Buena Vista 326

        13. Gustavus Runners
        10th Jen Skalko 15:03
        19th Mollie Lager 15:47
        26th Anah Huggenvik 16:10
        29th Ali Cordie 16:13
        30th Rachel Schwingler 16:15
        33rd Ashley Farbo 16:22
        35th Chandra Daw 16:23
        42nd Erin McCarty 16:36
        47th Stacie Bulfer 16:40
        48th Melissa Kittock 16:41
        52nd Kirsten DeVries 16:49
        69th Krista Cruse 17:16
        70th Emily Trapp 17:18

        For complete results of the Dan Huston Invitational click here.