The Wayne State College women’s cross country team had three runners place in the top 20 to highlight a fourth-place finish, while the Wildcat men finished seventh at the Briar Cliff Invitational, held Saturday at the Adams Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D.
In women’s action, Allie Rosener was the top Wildcat runner, placing 13th out of a field of 130 runners with a time of 19:56.74 on the 5,000-meter course. Kim Johnson followed in 18th place at 20:03.18 with sophomore Andrea Torres was 20th in a time of 20:05.42.
Other Wildcat finishers included Alex Bauer (27th, 20:11.55), Jade Rickard (39th, 20:21.15), Brianna Crouch (65th, 20:53.38), Marin Jetensky (67th, 20:54.30), Amanda Mote (73rd, 21:01.87), Molly McCartney (81st, 21:19.07) and Josephine Peitz (99th, 22:03.86).
In men’s action, Dylan Kessler and Bailey Peckham were the top two Wayne State finishers as the Wildcats placed seventh out of 14 teams.
Kessler placed 41st out of 140 runners with a time of 27:08.48 on the 8,000-meter course, with Peckham close behind in 43rd at 27:15.59 and Bryce Holcomb finished 50th overall in a time of 27:34.89.
Other Wildcat finishers were Brock Hegarty (54th, 27:37.80), Nathan Pearson (57th, 27:51.27), Jakob Kemper (73rd, 28:29.38) and Nathan Hiemer (86th, 28:55.90).
Wayne State is off until Saturday, Oct. 26 when the Wildcats host the 2019 Northern Sun Conference Cross Country Championships at the Wayne Country Club, with the men’s race starting at 12:15 p.m.
