FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. - The Concordia-St. Paul men's and women's cross country teams completed the largest race of the season at the University of Minnesota's nationally recognized Roy Griak Invitational held at Les Bolstad Golf Course.
The women placed 36th of 37, a spot ahead of NSIC member Wayne State while the men took 35th of 37, coming in ahead of Grand View and Ottawa.
Maggie Marcus led the women with a time of 25:55.0 to place 136th in a massive field of 359 runners. Her time was just 15 seconds outside of the CSP record books top-15 times at the Les Bolstad Golf Course.
Erin Spatenka finished 23 seconds later in a time of 26:18.6 to place 170th to give the team a pair of runners in the top half of the competitive field.
The men were led by freshman
Caleb Troe for the third consecutive race to start the season. He finished in 29:29.3 to place 208th in an even larger field of 392 men's runners.
WOMEN: 36th of 37 (359 runners)Maggie Marcus, 25:55.0 - 136th
Erin Spatenka, 26:18.6 - 170th
Ruth Lindberg, 27:10.8 - 232nd
Rachel Thaemert, 29:36.1 - 317th
Courtney Ramsay, 29:50.2 - 323rd
MEN: 35th of 37 (392 runners)Caleb Troe, 29:29.3 - 208th
Tyler Karl, 30:04.8 - 251st
Sam Anderson, 30:26.2 - 274th
Bob Etheridge, 37:19.8 - 385th
Vincent Barr, 37:55.5 - 387th
CU Cross Country at Roy Griak Invitational 9.26.2015 - Images by
Justin Oakman
