RAPID CITY, S.D. --- The South Dakota Mines cross country team opened up their 2021 season at Robbinsdale Park in Rapid City on Saturday morning. The men and women both finished in third place out of the four-team field. The men scored 46 points while the women scored 68 points. On the men's side, BHSU won with 38 points. Carleton College out of Minnesota placed first in the women's division with 31 points.
Abbie Saline crossed the line in eighth with a time of 20:16.62 to lead the Hardrockers. BHSU's Ruby Lindquist took home first place honors with a time of 18:31.18. Tim Dunham placed second to lead the Hardrockers men's squad with a time of 25:58.93. Keith Osowski from BHSU was first in a time of 25:51.81.
"These were some of the fastest races we've seen at Robbinsdale in a long time," said head coach
Steve Johnson. Both teams handled it really well. The rain yesterday forced us to adjust the course to include the bike path so that probably sped things up a bit, but they were really going after it out there today."
The rest of the women's team were
Adeline Wilson (11th 20:31.65);
Ryley Darnell (14th 20:51.84);
Alyssa Franke (18th 21:12.99);
Kayla Parisien (19th 21:16.43);
Allyson Heiden (20th 21:51.11);
Lillian Knudtson (21st 22:14.46);
Alyssa Blake (23rd 22:29.62);
Katie Magni (28th 23:37.58); Laramie Colvin (31st 25:27.84);
Nadia Kaczmarz (32nd 25:31.62);
Samantha Smith (33rd 27:08.68).
Bret Flerchinger finished fifth for the Rockers with a time of 26:14.24. The rest of the Hardrockers were:
Owen Wagner (11th 27:13.11);
Zach Hentschel (13th 29:19.99);
Ryan Moen (15th 27:22.52);
Owen Hansmann (16th 27:27.27);
Justin Quammen (24th 27:57.14);
Tyler Captain (31st 28:39.24);
Hunter Prather (34th 28:48.84).
"We saw some really good efforts all around," said Johnson. "On the men's side we have to get a few more guys up there with Brett, and that should come with time. On the women's side we saw some really good strength as they moved up the field in the second half of the race, but we need to tighten the pack up a bit. If we can do that we'll be in good shape."
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