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Women's Cross Country

Mitchell, Piskor Lead Titans To Second Place At Griak Invitational

Results

Ayla Mitchell (Sr. • New Richmond) and Jennifer Piskor (Jr. • Eagan, Minn.) finished among the top seven runners as the UW-Oshkosh women's cross country team placed second at the Roy Griak Invitational held Saturday (Sept. 23) in Minneapolis, Minn.

UW-Oshkosh, ranked 16th in the NCAA Division III by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, scored 112 points for its second-place finish. UW-La Crosse, ranked ninth in the NCAA Division III, won the 37-team meet with 98 points.

Rounding out the top five teams were third-place UW-Eau Claire with 117 points, fourth-place Bethel University (Minn.) with 136 and fifth-place Wartburg College (Iowa) with 154. UW-Eau Claire entered the meet ranked 12th in the NCAA Division III and Wartburg College fifth.

Mitchell had a stellar showing for UW-Oshkosh as she finished second in the 6,000-meter race with a time of 21:49. Defending NCAA Division III champion Marie Borner of Bethel University captured the individual title with a time of 21:26, while Simone Childs-Walker of Carleton College (Minn.) placed third in 22:15, Anna Kraayenbrink of Wartburg College fourth in 22:30 and Linda Keller of the University of Minnesota-Morris fifth in 22:45.

Piskor added valuable team points for the Titans as she ran to a seventh-place time of 23:00. Her performance was a personal best. Other scorers for UW-Oshkosh were Allison Gehl (Jr. • Sherwood), McKenzie Kelly (Fr. • New Richmond) and Cassie Petersen (Jr. • Marinette). Gehl placed 28th with a time of 23:43, while Kelly finished 37th and Petersen 38th with times of 23:55 and 23:56, respectively.

UW-Oshkosh also had Mallory Burk (Jr. • Athens) finish 67th in 24:25, Samantha Helgesen (So. • Bristol) 68th in 24:26, Jordan Clark-Mand (Jr. • Waupun) 104th in 24:50, Brittany Haas (Jr. • St. Charles, Ill.) 133rd in 25:16, Janelle Brooks (So. • Janesville) 153rd in 25:27, Kelsey Sweeney (Fr. • Verona) 185th in 25:59, Megan Tyjeski (So. • Wisconsin Rapids) 188th in 26:01 and Shannon Madigan (Sr. • Green Bay) 216th in 26:21.

The meet featured 497 runners, with 488 completing the course.

UW-Oshkosh is involved in two meets on Friday (Oct. 3), the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind., and the Carthage College Invitational in Kenosha.