ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- Nine of 11 runners on the UW-Superior women's cross country team set personal records as the Yellowjackets competed against a strong field in the Augustana Interregional Invitational at Saukie Golf Course on Saturday.
Sophomore
Meagan Berg (Tomahawk, Wis./Tomahawk) ran 25:51.4 on the six-kilometer course to shave five seconds off her previous top time at the distance for 206th overall. UWS was 24th as a team with 791 points in a race that featured 11 nationally ranked teams.
Freshman
Cora Hudella (North Branch, Minn./North Branch Area) ran a season best of 26:09.7 to finish 211th. Junior
Jeanna Scanlon (Park Falls, Wis./Chequamegon) was 219th in 26:42, while freshman
Kimmie Downing (Ontario, Wis./Brookwood) completed her first collegiate race in 26:55.8 for 222nd place.
Sophomore
Tea Boerner (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna Senior) was 229th in 27:29.2 and freshman
Riley Wilson (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River) ran her top time of the season in 27:44.7 for 230th. Freshman
Brooke Petrich (Keewatin, Minn./Greenway) was 234th in a season best of 28:21.
Sophomore Kenzy Kruezer ran a personal-record time of 29:17.4 in 239th place.
Third-ranked UChicago (54 points) won the team time by three points over No. 2 Wartburg. Kassie Parker of Loras won the individual championship in a time of 20:00.1.
Freshmen
Cieyana Carter (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park),
Jordan Rader (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River) and junior
Jess Newman (Wanamingo, Minn./Pine Island) ran in the women's open event. Carter was 141st in 30:33.4 and Rader ran 148th in 36:16.2 -- both PRs. Newman was 150th in 37:13.8.
The Yellowjackets now get set for the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference championship on the Crown Cross Country Course in St. Bonifacius, Minn., on Oct. 29 at 12 p.m.