ETTRICK, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota cross country teams hit the road on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to UW-La Crosse to take part in the UW-La Crosse Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational.
 
The UW-La Crosse Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Fields:
• UW-La Crosse, Saint Mary's, Winona State, UW-River Falls, Saint John's, U. of Minnesota, Grinnell, U. of Missouri, Gustavus, Bethany Lutheran, UW-Platteville, Cornell, St. Thomas, Macalester, St. Olaf, Iowa Lakes CC, Iowa Central CC, Marquette U. Running Club, UM-Morris, Luther, Nebraska Wesleyan, Carleton, Paradise Valley CC, Minnesota Running Club, Hamline, Bethel, Grand Bluff Running
 
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Saint Mary's Last Action:
• October 1, 2016 * Northfield, Minn.: Jovan Newsum (Glendale Heights, Ill.) posted a top-10 individual performance to lead the Cardinal men to an 11^th-place team finish at the Carleton Running of the Cows, while the youth movement continued for the Cardinal women, as freshmen Alyssa Thiel (Berlin, Ill.) and Danielle Franke (Mounds View, Minn.) led the way, helping Saint Mary's to a 15^th-place team finish | Recap
 
Saint Mary's at UW-La Crosse Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer—Their Last Appearance:
• October 17, 2015 * Ettrick, Wis.: Saint Mary's had one last meet to fine-tune their engines before the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships in two weeks. And fine-tune they did. Jovan Newsum (Glendale Heights, Ill.) posted his best eight-kilometer effort of the season, finishing 30th overall in leading the Cardinal men to a 14th-place team finish at the UW-La Crosse Jim Drews Invitational, while Erika Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill.)  and Heidi Ledermann (Mahtomedi, Minn.) paced the Saint Mary's women's 21st-place effort | Recap
 
Saint Mary's Up Next:
• The Cardinals are now off until Oct. 29, when they head to Como Park Golf Course in St. Paul, Minn., to take part in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships.
 
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• Jovan Newsum (Glendale Heights, Ill.) clocked a team-best eight-kilometer time of 26:16 to place ninth individually at the Carleton Running of the Cows on Oct. 1. … Newsum's time was not only a season-best, but was also his best effort since posting a time of 25:41 at the 2015 UW-La Crosse Jim Drews Invitational. … Austin O'Hare (Rushford, Minn.) was the second Cardinal across the finish line in the men's race at Carleton, posting a time of 27:09.0. Sherman Moga (Shoreview, Minn.) chipped in a time of 27:11.0, while Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn. / 29:00.4), Ben Borash (Bowlus, Minn. / 29:45.3), and Marlon Barrett-Dwyer (Chicago, Ill. / 34:41.4) rounded out the Cardinals' top six. … On the women's side at the Carleton Running of the Cows, Alyssa Thiel (Berlin, Wis.), running just her second collegiate 6K, clocked a team-best time of 25:11.5, edging out teammate Danielle Franke (Mounds View, Minn.), who stopped the clock in 25:28.6. … Erika Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill.) was the third Cardinal across the line, posting a time of 26:04.9, followed by Molly Sweet (Prescott, Wis. / 26:15.0), Alicia Berkenes (Buffalo, Minn. / 26:33.6), and Maddie Bollig (St. Croix Falls, Wis. / 27:48.6). … Newsum and O'Hare have been 1-2 for the Cardinal men in each of their last two races, while Thiel and Franke have claimed the top two spots for the Cardinal women. … O'Hare clocked a winning four-mile time of 22:09.7 at the Saint Mary's Alumni Open on Sept. 3, narrowly outdistancing Newsum, who was second in 22:30.7. … O'Hare has now been the Cardinals' top finisher at the Saint Mary's Alumni Open in each of the last two seasons. The Saint Mary's junior recorded a time of 23:42 a year ago. … Newsum collected his second straight honorable-mention All-MIAC honor a year ago, recording a team-best time of 26:45 to place 16th overall at the MIAC Championships. … The Cardinal men's team's seventh-place finish at the conference championships a year ago was the highest in coach Ward Berndt's 11 years at the helm.