ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Concordia-St. Paul men's and women's cross country teams head down to Kenosha, Wisconsin this Saturday, October 10 to compete at the Lucia Rosa Invitational. The women's 6k race is slated to start at 11 a.m., while the men's 8k race is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. The meet is hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and will take place at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course in Kenosha.
"We are looking forward to the meet this weekend. Most of our races this fall are on flat courses, this is a true cross country course on the campus of UW-Parkside," Head Coach Jonathan Breitbarth said. "It starts with a half mile hill in the first half mile. The rest of the race is run in the backwoods with rolling hills. It is a great change of pace from the flat courses we are running the rest of the season."
Meet Information
The National Cross Country Course is located on the rolling and wooded 700-acre campus between Kenosha and Racine in southeastern Wisconsin. The 6k and 8k courses are traditional UWPXC 6k and 8k routes. Course maps can be found in the link above.
The top seven runners will score, eighth and above will be displaced and scored as individuals. Results will be posted at https://wisconsinrunner.com/results/2026/Rosa_Invite/ shortly after the completion of each race. Start lists will be posted to the same site prior to the race.
The admission fee per spectator is $3.00 for 17 & under and $6.00 for adults (18+). Walk up is allowed; however online prepayment is preferred. When a spectator leaves the facility they will not be allowed to re-enter the site.
All participants and spectators should come in on Highway E and then turn left onto HY JR to access the UW-Parkside Physical Education or Communication Arts parking lots located off of Hwy JR east of the course. No parking is allowed in any of the Petrifying Springs parking lots.
Meet History
The Golden Bears last competed at the Lucian Rosa Invitational back in 2021, with the men finishing in fifth place and the women coming in seventh. Matthew Helser led the CSP men with an 18th place finish and a time of 26:44.4.
The men finished with an average time of 27:06, their best performance at the Lucian Rosa Invitational. The best individual performance by a CSP men's runner at the Lucian Rosa Invitational came in 2017 when Benjamin Allen finished with a time of 22:55.4.
On the women's side Avery Sivonen led the way, setting a new course record with a time of 24:55.8 and a 36th place finish.
Last Time Out
The Golden Bear men and women finished in 14th place at the Roy Griak Invitational two weeks ago. On the men's side CSP compiled a total of 441 points in a field of 18 teams, while the women accumulated 431 points in a field of 17 teams.
Estee VerSteeg turned in another standout performance, finishing in 63rd place with a time of 21:33.7 in a field of 240 runners. It was a record setting performance for the freshman runner breaking the program best 6k time of 2:58.0 set by Kara Lindeberg back in 2017. VerSteeg now owns program best marks in both the 5k and 6k races after her 27th place at the Augie Twilight.
Kayla Anderson recorded a new personal best 6k time as well, coming in with a time of 22:37.7 and a 119th place finish. Lauryn Rosenthal also PR's with a time of 25:01.2 and a 206th place finish.
Travis Tock led the way for the men, finishing with a time of 26:18.9 in 115th place. The mark in a new personal best 8k time, besting his previous mark at the 2024 NSIC Championships.
Senior Josh Krummel managed a new best Griak time, finishing in 27:06.0 in 145th place.
"Our team has had a great couple of weeks of work, this is our longest stretch of the season between meets," Breitbarth said. "I love the focus our athletes have had on putting in quality work, what has been great to see is the teamwork, our team has done a great job attacking our workouts the last few weeks together."
