Sioux Falls, S.D. – The University of Jamestown women's cross country team got a successful performance at the NSIC Championships Saturday at the Yankton Trails Park, finishing the fifth place out of a field of 16 teams.
With their high finishes,
Lydia Franson and
Hallie Person earned First Team All-NSIC honors while
Allyson Goodmanson got Second Team.
FINAL RESULTS
Franson notched a sixth place finish out of 143 runners with her time of 21:10.0 (5:41 per mile) across the 6-kilometer course. Person was three spots behind Franson with her personal best time of 21:13.9 to complete the course in ninth place. With both Franson and Pearson earning top 10 finishes, the two have earned First Team All-Conference selections.
Also getting a spot in the NSIC All-Conference team was
Allyson Goodmanson with her 16
th place finish and time of 21:38.2 as the junior earned Second Team honors.
Greta Goven (42
nd, 22:33.9) and
Annabelle LaFary (59
th, 22:56.7) were the fourth and fifth Jamestown finishers, respectively, with Goven's time being a new record. Also participating in the NSIC Championship and representing UJ was
Kirsten Vander Kooi,
Kari Patterson, and
Aurora Schumacher with the latter notching a personal record as well.
No. 14 Winona State University finished as the top team in the NSIC with the first, second, and fifth place finishers as they posted a team score of 45. Minnesota State University (81), Augustana University (85), and the University of Mary (122) were the other teams ahead of Jamestown's score of 125.
Winona State's Stella Rusch posted a new personal record of 19:51.6 (5:20 per mile) to win the individual title by more than 30 seconds. Her teammate Kelsey Young was in second place at 20:24.5.
The Jimmies will next participate at the NCAA Division-II Central Region Championship on Saturday, November 21 right back at the Yankton Trails Park in Sioux Falls.
