NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The Yellowjacket women's cross country team headed on the road Saturday morning for the Running of the Cows race hosted by Carleton College. The field, among the strongest in the Upper Midwest, featured ranked NCAA Division II and Division III programs from across the region.

UW-Superior scored 242 points finishing in eighth place. The race consisted of 16 team and coming in first place was host Carleton with a score of 43 points. UW-La Crosse landed in second place with 48 points and St. Benedict, with a score of 120, placed third.

Saturday was an historic day for the Yellowjacket women, as three runners turned performances that elevated them onto the program's all-time top-ten leaderboard.

Like last week, Halle Barker (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) led the Yellowjackets taking 39th place with a time of 24:06.7. Barker's time qualified as a personal record, as was the sixth-best time ever turned in by a Yellowjacket runner on a six-kilometer course. Teammate Cora Hudella (North Branch, Minn./North Branch Area) was right behind, finishing in 40th place, clocking a personal-record time of 24:08.8. The mark shaved more than two minutes off her previous personal best. Not far behind was newcomer Payton Bell (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little High School) also landed herself a personal record with a time of 24:21.4. Hudella and Bell now own the seventh-fastest and eight-fastest times, respectively, in program history.

Further, Barker, Hudella and Bell now own the fastest times in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference at six-kilometer distance so far this year.
 
Junior Tea Boerner (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna Senior) clocked a personal-record time of 25:58.7, while Lilley Smith (Ironwood, Mich./Ironwood High School) came in with a personal-record time of 27:15.5. Meagan Berg (Tomahawk, Wis./Tomahawk) finished with a time of 27:31.9, Aubrey Peterson (Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville) came in with a personal-record time of 27:48.6 and Kenzy Kreuzer (Stoddard, Wis./De Soto) crossed the line with a personal-record of 28:12.1.

Rounding it out for the Yellowjacket were Cieyana Carter (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park) with a personal record of 29:44, Emma Winberg (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) clocking in a personal-record time at 37:12.7 and Jordan Rader (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River) with a time of 37:18.9.

Earning the top spot with a time of 20:12.7 was Fiona Smith from St. Benedict.

The Yellowjackets return to action at the Blugold Invitational, hosted by UW-Eau Claire Sept. 29. Race time starts at 4:15 p.m. at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis.