WEST SALEM, Wis. — The Concordia-St. Paul men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Warrior Invitational at the Maple Grove Venues this afternoon. The CSP women's team managed an eighth place finish with 229 points, while the men finished in seventh place with a total of 176 points. 

"I love the way our team shows resilience, today we had a number of places where it was evident that our athletes are getting stronger from meet to meet," Head Coach Jonathan Breitbarth said.  "The improvement is going to fuel the all-important building of momentum going into the conference meet."

For the second straight race freshman Estee VerSteeg managed a top 10 finish, coming ninth and sixth among NSIC runners. VerSteeg clocked a 6k time of 22:59.1, establishing a new course record for a CSP runner at Maple Grove, besting Kelsey Thelen's 24:53.6 set back in 2022. 

Kayla Anderson finished in 44th place with a time of 24:26.6, the finish marks her best placement of the season after finishing in 67th place at the Lucian Rosa Invitational earlier this month. 

Lauryn Rosenthal finished in 80th place, clocking a time of 25:55.1 while Elizabeth Zenda-Johnson came in with a time of 28:44.0, good for 109th place. 

Zenda-Johnson's time established a new season and personal best, shaving nearly a minute off her previous mark of 29:42.1 set at the Roy Griak Invite. Noelle Boyd rounded things out for CSP with a time of 29:54.5 and a 115th place finish. 

"It is noteworthy that our ladies did beat two NSIC teams today," Breitbarth said. "It is a testament to the fact that our ladies have their heads up and are looking to win one-on-one battles within a race."

On the men's side the Golden Bears were led by senior Travis Tock who finished in 31st place with a time of 27:28.8. The finish is Tock's best of the season after placing 55th at the Lucian Rosa Invitational two weeks ago. 

Josh Krummel came in behind Tock with a time of 28:12.7 and a 45th place finish. The placement is Krummel's best of the season as well after finishing in 77th place in Kenosha. 

Freshman Austin Burgess finished in 52nd place with a time of 28:27.8, while Jordan Stumm took 57th place with a time of 28:54.6. 

Jovani Iglesias clocked a time of 30:31.1, finishing in 69th place in his second event of the season and first 8k of 2026. 

On the women's side Winona State took the top spot with a total of 40 points and three runners inside the top 10. In the 8k Minnesota State finished in first place earning 40 placement points and a total of four  top 10 finishers. 

Stella Rusch clocked a 6k time of 21:02.5 to finish in first place for the Warriors, while Cameron Stocke of Minnesota ran an 8k time of 25:32.5 on the men's side. 

The Golden Bears next meet is the NSIC Championships on Saturday, November 7 at Yankton Trails in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The men's 8k is scheduled for a 10 a.m. start, while the women's 6k is slated to begin at 11:15 a.m. 

 

• 31 -Travis Tock - 27:28.8 – Travis runs the 7th fastest race by a CSP runner on the Maple Grove Venue course.  Travis improved by 3 places of those who ran both the Augie Twilight and the Warrior Invite.
• 45 -Joshua Krummel--28:12.7 - Joshua improved by 1 place of those who ran both the Roy Griak and the Augie Twilight.  Joshua improved by 1 place of those who ran both the Augie Twilight and the Warrior Invite.
• 52nd -Austin Burgess--28:27.8
• 57th -Jordan Stumm--28:54.6 – Jordan improved by 4 places of those who ran both the Roy Griak and the Warrior Invite.  Jordan improved by 2 places of those who ran both the Augie Twilight and the Warrior Invite.
• 69th -Jovani Iglesias--30:31.1 – Establishes a new Personal Best Time

• This is the first time since 2019 that the CSP ladies have knocked off Bemidji State.

• 9 -Estee VerSteeg-22:59.1 – Estee establishes a new CSP course record for the Maple Grove Venue.  Estee runs the 6th fastest time by a CSP runner in the cross country 6K.  Estee runs the 4th fastest 6K race by a CSP first year runner.  Estee improved by 1 place of those who ran both the Roy Griak and the Warrior Invite.  
• 44 -Kayla Anderson-24:26.5 – Kayla runs the 2nd fastest race by a CSP runner on the Maple Grove Venue course.  Kayla improved by 1 place of those who ran both the Augie Twilight and the Warrior Invite.  
• 80 -Lauryn Rosenthal-25:55.1 – Lauryn runs the 5th fastest race by a CSP runner on the Maple Grove Venue course.  Lauryn improved by 7 places of those who ran both the Roy Griak and the Warrior Invite.   Lauryn improved by 7 places of those who ran both the Augie Twilight and the Warrior Invite.  
• 109 -Elizabeth Zenda-Johnson-28:44.0 – Personal Best Time improving by 58.1 seconds from her previous personal best time set at the Roy Griak 5 weeks ago.  Elizabeth is also the only runner out of the 67 runners who ran both the Warrior Invite and the Roy Griak to run faster at the Winona Invite.   Lauryn improved by 5 places of those who ran both the Roy Griak and the Warrior Invite.
• 115 -Noelle Boyd-29:54.5