• LAST ACTION: The Cardinals turned in season- and career-best times from all eight runners at the UW-La Crosse Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitationals on Oct. 15. … Amanda Tuvey (West St. Paul, Minn.) toured the six-kilometer course in a season-best time of 25:16, followed by Anna Swanson (Osceola, Wis.) and Caroline Gearin (Osceola, Wis.), who broke the tape in 25:29 and 25:57, respectively. Emma Ririe (Darien, Ill.) chipped in a time of 27:00 and Rachel Simon (Foley, Minn.) rounded out the SMU lineup with a time of 29:42. … All three Cardinal men also turned enjoyed a career-best afternoon, led by Steinbrecher, who shaved off his previous best eight-kilometer time by stopping the clock in 28:05. Isaiah Brindamour (Hinckley, Minn.) did his teammate one better, knocking more than a minute off his top time, finishing right behind Steinbrecher in a time of 28:08. And not to be outdone, Gabe Bickerstaff (Rollingstone, Minn.) stopped the clock in a career-best 29:35 to round out the Cardinal runners.
• BLUGOLD RECAP: Tuvey and Steinbrecher posted SMU's top times at the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational on Oct. 1. Tuvey led the way for the short-handed Cardinal women, touring the Whitetail Golf Course layout in a career-best 25:59, while Gearin was close behind in 26:04 and Simon delivered a time of 32:20. Steinbrecher, meanwhile — the lone Cardinal male competing — covered the eight-kilometer course in 29:30.
• ST. OLAF REWIND: Steinbrecher clocked a time of 28:10 to lead the way for the Cardinal men's trio, while Swanson turned in a team-best 26:16 6K effort lead pace the SMU women at the St. Olaf Invitational on Sept. 18. … Along with Steinbrecher's effort, Brindamour stopped the clock in 29:18, and Bickerstaff chipped in a time of 30:20. … Swanson, who opened the season with a 22:15 5K showing at Augustana, crossed the finish line in 26:15 to lead the way for the SMU women. Gearin and Tuvey were right on Swanson's heels, posting times of 26:22 and 26:54, respectively, with Emma Ririe (Darien, Ill. / 27:44) and Rachel Simon (Foley, Minn. / 33:35) rounding out the Cardinals' lineup.
• LEADING THE AUGUSTANA CHARGE: Tuvey toured the five-kilometer women's course at the Augustana Invitational on Sept. 3 in a time of 22:12 to pace the Cardinal women, while Steinbrecher stopped the clock in 22:45 in the men's four-mile race to claim top honors for the SMU men. … Tuvey's time of 22:12 was just enough to edge out Swanson and Gearin (for the team's top time. Swanson stopped the clock in 22:15, followed closely by Gearin in 22:19, while Emma Ririe (Darien, Ill. / 22:54) and Simon (26:52) rounded out the women's lineup. … Brindamour and Gabe Bickerstaff rounded out the SMU men's runners, posting times of 23:56 and 24:06, respectively.
• COLLEGIATE DEBUTS: The Augustana Twilight on Sept. 3 was the collegiate debut for all three of the Cardinal men's runners — Steinbrecher, Bickerstaff, and Brindamour — as well as women runners Gearin, Emily Kern (Buffalo, Minn.), Audrey Storlie (Hinckley, Minn.), and Tuvey
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