NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota cross country teams hit the road on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to Carleton to take part in the Carleton Running of the Cows Meet.
Saint Mary's Last Action:
• The Cardinals have been off since Sept. 9, when the Saint Mary's men placed fourth and the women ninth at the UW-River Falls Open |
Recap
Saint Mary's at Carleton—Their Last Appearance:
• September 10, 2005 * Northfield, Minn.: The Cardinals have not participated in a meet hosted by Carleton in more than 10 years, placing third (women) and fourth (men) in 90-degree heat at the Carleton Invitational |
Recap
Saint Mary's Up Next:
• The Cardinals are now off until Oct. 15, when they head to La Crosse, Wis., to take part in the UW-La Crosse Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitationals.
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Jovan Newsum (Glendale Heights, Ill.) and
Austin O'Hare (Plainview, Minn.) finished third and ninth overall, to lead the Cardinal men to a fourth-place finish at the UW-River Falls Open on Sept. 9, while
Danielle Franke (Mounds View, Minn.) and
Alyssa Thiel (Berlin, Wis.) placed 32
nd and 39
th to fuel a ninth-place team finish by the Saint Mary's women. … Newsum, who finished second to O'Hare at the season-opening Saint Mary's Alumni Open, clocked a time of 26:40.8 in his first 8K of the season, while O'Hare was close behind, stopping the clock in 27:21.40. …
Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn.) chipped in a time of 27:54.2, followed by
Sherman Moga (Shoreview, Minn. / 28:32.8),
Ben Borash (Bowlus, Minn. / 30:46.9),
Chance Johnson (Blair, Wis. / 31:40.0), and
Marlon Barrett-Dwyer (Chicago, Ill. / 34:09.8). … For the second race in a row, Franke and Thiel were the Cardinal women's top two finishers at the UW-River Falls. … Running in their first collegiate 6K, Franke crossed the finish line in 25:50.1, with Thiel posting a time of 25:55.9. …
Molly Sweet (Prescott, Wis.) was the third Cardinal runner across the line, posting a time of 26:14.9 in 6K No. 1 of her career, followed by
Alicia Berkenes (Buffalo, Minn. / 26:32.6),
Erika Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill. / 27:04.5),
Emily Ortiz (Albert Lea, Minn. / 27:42.0), and
Maddie Bollig (St. Croix Falls, Wis. / 28:04.0). … 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. … Newsum posted the team's best 8K time of the season a year ago, stopping the clock in 25:41 at the UW-La Crosse Jim Drews Invitational. … 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.
