NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Junior Meagan Berg (Tomahawk, Wis./Tomahawk) clocked a time of 27:16.2 to lead the UW-Superior women's cross country team to a 17th-place finish in the St. Olaf Invitational at the St. Olaf Cross Country Trails on Saturday.
 
Running at the six-kilometer distance for the first time in 2022, the Yellowjackets scored 502 points as a team with Berg finishing 153rd overall individually. 
 
Junior Jeanna Scanlon (Park Falls, Wis./Chequamegon), the reigning Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week in women's cross country, was 165th in 27:44.3. Sophomore Tea Boerner (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna Senior) was Superior's third finisher in 29:00.7 for 198th overall, while freshmen Riley Wilson (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River), Cora Hudella (North Branch, Minn./North Branch Area) and Brooke Petrich (Keewatin, Minn./Greenway) were 201st, 202nd and 211th in 29:12, 29:16.5 and 30:20.4, respectively.
 
Sophomore Halle Barker (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) rounded out the UWS scorers in 31:12.7 for 224th place overall.
 
Junior Kenzy Kreuzer (Stoddard, Wis./De Soto) ran a career-best 31:56.3 in 230th place. Freshman Cieyana Carter (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park) was 252nd in 36:23.9, junior Jess Newman (Wanamingo, Minn./Pine Island) was 257th in 37:33.3 and freshman Jordan Rader (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River) was 258th in 38:38.1.
 
Carleton won the team title with 45 points by three over St. Olaf in the 22-team Division III field. Carleton's Clara Mayfield was individual champion in 21:11.9.
 
The Yellowjackets are back in action at the Blugold Invitational Friday, Sept. 30 at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis. Start time is set for 4:15 p.m.