October 22, 2022
Yankton, SD – The USF cross country team ran at the Mount Marty Invitational and finished with a strong showing as they head into the conference meet. The women's team landed a 1st place finish (out of 11) teams on Saturday and USF's own Khot Juac took home 1st place in the race! The men's team collected a 2nd place finish (out of 12) teams, as both teams finishing as the highest NSIC team competing on Saturday morning.

Mount Marty XC 5K – Women's Team (34 points)
1st - Khot Juac - 18:02.06
3rd - Morgan Gehl - 18:18.06
10th - Jessica Lutmer - 19:11.71
11th - Cassidy O'Meara - 19:12.54
12th - Annika Aho - 19:14.12
14th - Josie Boyd - 19:16.70
17th - Karlee Simmons - 19:22.45
19th - Tianna Voigt - 19:32.25
23rd - Moriah Bullerman - 19:37.74
37th - Eva Studt - 19:58.47
39th - Gracie Bucher - 20:02.74
41st - Kayleigh Whipps - 20:04.95
42nd - Ella Kolb - 20:06.22
44th - Mallory Salazar - 20:18.44
**Out of 148 runners**
 
Mount Marty XC 8K – Men's Team (38 points)
3rd - Ben Morrison - 25:02.03 (fastest NSIC runner)
4th - Aaron Voigt - 25:12.41
6th - Jakob Hanna - 25:27.03
7th - David Ecker - 25:29.16
23rd - Micade Shumway - 26:51.52
28th - Zach Matzner - 27:04.08
30th - Miles Olofson - 27:07.65
31st - Parker Hahn - 27:09.14
40th - Lucas Steiger - 27:24.24
57th - Ethan Kraft - 28:05.02
98th - Christian Lietz - 29:56.78
134th - Gavin Lewis - 33:23.90
**Out of 145 runners**

The Cougars will be back in action on November 5th as they prepare for the NSIC meet in Wayne, NE at the Wayne Country Club. For all things Cougar Cross Country, be sure to follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!