By: Abby Whittington
November 5, 2022
WAYNE – The Sioux Falls Cross Country teams competed in the NSIC Championships today when the men's team collected a 3rd place finish and the women's a 6th place finish.
"It was a good day for the Coo," said head coach Doug Petersen. "We had some good runs for the men to place third with Ecker, Shumway and Rivera earning All-Conference Honors."
The Men's team picked up 94 points in the 8K and placed 3rd out of 14 teams and 127 runners. USF ran an average time of 25:49.25 with a total team time of 2:09:06.24.
Men's Results:
10th- David Ecker 25:32.45
16th- Micade Shumway 25:40.14
19th- Caleb Rivera 25:45.18
24th- Ben Morrison 26:02.13
25th- Jakob Hanna 26:06.34
27th- Aaron Voigt 26:07.04
53rd- Miles Olofson 27:05.59
56th- Christian Lietz 27:10.22
62nd- Zach Matzner 27:24.06
67th- Lucas Steiger 27:38.23
74th- Avery Stanford 27:53.27
79th- Parker Hahn 28:03.63
"Our women's team ran well to place 6th against four nationally ranked teams," said Coach Petersen. "Juac picked up All-Conference honors, but overall I'm very proud of what this team is accomplishing."
Women's Results:
14th- Khot Juac 22:34.72
24th- Morgan Gehl 23:10.54
30th- Jessica Lutmer 23:29.39
40th- Annika Aho 24:01.33
50th- Josephine Boyd 24:26.31
52nd- Cassidy O'Meara 24:31.31
53rd- Tianna Voigt 24:31.62
56th- Moriah Bullerman 24:38.32
62nd- Karlee Simmons 24:48.46
80th- Eva Studt 25:24.26
89th- Kayleigh Whipps 25:47.64
108th- Gracie Bucher 26:44.60
The Women's team picked up 146 points in the 6K and landed in 6th place out of 16 teams and 141 runners. USF ran an average time of 23:32.46 with a total team time of 1:57:42.29.
The NCAA Cross Country Regionals will be on November 19th in Joplin, MO with the men's race starting at 10:00 a.m. and the women's at 11:15 a.m. For all things Cougar Cross Country, be sure to follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!
