Cross Country to Run at Augsburg Invite Saturday

The Gustie men’s and women’s cross country teams will both head to Bloomington, Minn. on Saturday for the Augsburg Invitiational.

SAINT PETER, Minn. – The Gustie men’s and women’s cross country teams will both head to Bloomington, Minn. on Saturday for the Augsburg Invitiational. The women will begin their race at 9:30 a.m. while the men will start at 10:30 a.m.

At their only meet this season the Gustie women were led by Lotus Schifsky (Sr., Prescott, Wis.) who ran a time of 20:49.86 and finished first overall. Kourtney Kulseth (So., New Richland, Minn.) and Gabriela Passmore (Jr., Mapleton, Minn.) finished in second and third respectively with times of 21:22.76 and 21:44.94. As a team, the Gusties defeated their competitor, Crown, by an average race time of just under three minutes.

On the men’s side, the Gusties finished in second out of four teams in their first meet with Alex Wischnack (Sr., Norwood, Minn.) finishing in fourth place overall time with a time of 16:56.30. Jack Degonda (Fy., Marine on St. Croix, Minn.) and Casey Olson (So., Harmony, Minn.) each also finished in the top-ten with times of 17:13.85 and 17:24.06 respectively.

Follow the results live here: RESULTS