Kowal, Freed Pace St. Cloud State Cross Country at NCAA Central Region Championships

Saturday, November 9

Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course • Joplin, Mo.

11:15 a.m. CT

St. Cloud State

NCAA Central Region Championships

Greta Freed and Cambrie Kowal 2024 NSIC Women’s Cross Country Championships 10-26-24

Seniors Cambrie Kowal (L) and Greta Freed (R)

Photo by: Sean Arbaut

Kowal, Freed Pace St. Cloud State Cross Country at NCAA Central Region Championships

11/9/2024 1:38:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Results (Heartland Timing)Results (TFRRS)

Seniors lead Huskies in season finale

JOPLIN, Mo. – St. Cloud State Cross Country ran to a 23^rd place team finish at the 2024 NCAA Central Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning. The 6,000-meter race was hosted by Missouri Southern State at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course in Joplin. The Huskies improved by six places as a team from the 2023 NCAA Central Region Championships and were the ninth NSIC team, one place better than at the conference meet on Oct. 26.

Seniors Cambrie Kowal (Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.) and Greta Freed (Rochester, Minn.) led the Huskies in the final cross country race of their careers. For the second season in a row, Kowal paced the Huskies at the regional meet. She crossed the line in 23:06.8 to place 97^th, both personal best marks for the regional meet. Freed was the second for the Huskies, placing a regional meet best 107^th place, in 23:19.0.

Sophomore Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) was the third Husky, placing 142^nd after running 23:53.6. Last year at this meet, she was 179^th in 25:14.95.

Freshmen Abbygail Nunez (South St. Paul, Minn.) and MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) and sophomores Tegan Michalak (Arcadia, Wis.) and Audrey Rabitz (Manitowoc, Wis.) all competed in their first regional meet. Nunez ran 24:22.4 (155^th), Johnson ran 24:42.1 (164^th), Michalak ran 24:43.4 (168^th) and Rabitz ran 27:03.4 (207^th).

St. Cloud State at the 2024 NCAA Central Region Championships (6k)
Nov. 9, 2024 | Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course | Joplin, Minn.

97. Cambrie Kowal - 23:06.8
107. Greta Freed - 23:19.0
142. Alena Donahue - 23:53.6
155. Abbygail Nunez - 24:22.4
164. MerriAnna Johnson - 24:42.1
168. Tegan Michalak - 24:43.5
207. Audrey Rabitz - 27:03.4

Team: 23^rd of 31

Results (Heartland Timing)
Results (TFRRS)

UP NEXT
The Huskies Cross Country season has come to an end. The indoor track and field season will begin in December (note – the full indoor schedule will be released in the coming weeks).

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