Contact: Greta Norville, Assistant Director of Sport Communications and Marketing, norvilleg@midwestconference.org
Neenah, Wisconsin – Five Midwest Conference men’s and women’s cross country programs continue to earn regional recognition as the USTFCCCA Week Six polls came out on Tuesday afternoon.
Three teams are ranked on the women’s side, while two are still ranked on the men’s side. Cornell and Grinnell hold their respective spots in the women’s Midwest Region at No. 6 and No. 8, while Ripon College climbed two spots to No. 6 in the women’s North Region. On the men’s side Grinnell remains No.8 in the Midwest Region, while Luther College holds steady at No.9.
The Cornell women competed against 10 nationally ranked teams on Saturday. The Rams placed two runners in the top 100 of the Gold Division race at Augustana. Lidia Dahlman led Cornell with a 15th-place finish, recording a season-best 21:39. Cornell finished 19th out of 35.
Grinnell’s women’s team competed at Augustana College Interregional Invite Gold Division on Saturday, led by Arushi Kharbanda, who finished 120th among 314 runners in the 6k race with a time of 22:52.2. Hannah Roth (23:03.2) ranks 24th in Pioneer program history.
After a strong finish at Augustana, Ripon women moved up two spots to No. 6 in the North Region. The Red Hawks women finished 14th out of 35 teams, led by Joley Berger, who placed sixth overall in the 6k with a time of 21:11.9. Berger continues to lead the MWC with the league's fastest 6k time.
The Grinnell men were led by Jack Lakin this past weekend when they traveled to Augustana. He placed 97th among 255 runners in the 8k race. Lakin posted a time of 25:36.2 which ranks 25th in Grinnell program history.
Luther’s men traveled to the west coast to compete in the George Oja Invitational, finishing 10th out of 33 teams in the 8k race. Michel Heinrich led the Norse with a fifth-place finish in 23:51 while Adam Gray also placed among the top 10.
Luther hosts UW-La Crosse this weekend while the other four teams have off this weekend.