THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY… The Peacocks will be competing at the University of Minnesota for the 37
th Annual Roy Griak Invitational. The event will be held at Les Bolstad Course in St. Paul, Minnesota at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sep. 22.
SEEKING SUCCESS… Upper Iowa has finished in 5
th and 6
th place in their first two meets and all five of their runners have done very well to start the season. Sophomore
Eryn Sabelka ran the best time for the Peacocks in both events with a season best of 21:59.8. Two seniors are coming off their career best times from their most recent meet with
Nora Nouhaili finishing the race in 22:20.4 and
Alaina Sunlin finishing with a time of 28:10.1. Sophomore
Mackenzie Rader and senior
Jadyn Schultz's season highs both came in the season opener with Rader finishing with a time of 22:17.5 and Schultz with a time of 22:29.0.
MIGHTY MINNESOTA… The Minnesota Golden Gophers began the season on the highest possible note coming in 1st place out of four teams in the Oz Memorial. Three of their runners finished in the top 5 with junior Emma Atkinson coming in 1st place with a time of 18:09.93. Senior Taylor Kreitinger came in 4th place with a time of 18:21.21 while teammate, junior Brianne Brewster finished right behind her with a time of 18:29.47. A pair of freshmen in Zoie Dundon and Izzy Roemer rounded out the top 10 for the Golden Gophers finishing in 9th and 10th place. They followed this up with a 4th place finish at the Badger Classic amongst the seven teams that competed. Four Gophers finished in the top 25 highlighted by Kreitinger coming in 10th with a time of 18:22.1 while junior Erin Reidy came in 17th place after running her career best time of 18:36.6. Reigning 1st-place finisher Atkinson came in 21st place with a time of 18:43.8 and Brewster finished two spots behind her with a time of 18:48.4.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS… UIU will be competing in the Skyhawk Invitational which will be their final meet of the regular season. Sauk Valley Community College will be hosting the event in Dixon, Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m.
