Friday, September 6
Boulder Ridge Golf Course • St. Cloud, Minn.
6 p.m. CT
St. Cloud State
at
Toni St. Pierre Invitational
Senior Cambrie Kowal races to the finish at the 2024 Toni St. Pierre Invitational on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 at Boulder Ridge Golf Course in St. Cloud, Minn.
Photo by: Jacob Sanders
St. Cloud State Cross Country Makes Strong Debut at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational
9/6/2024 11:03:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
Five Huskies race to new personal bests in 2024 season opening 5k
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Cross Country opened its 2024 season with a strong performance at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational on Friday evening at Boulder Ridge Golf Course in St. Cloud. The Huskies recorded five new 5k cross country personal bests and placed four runners in the top 20 runners.
Seniors Greta Freed (Rochester, Minn.), Cambrie Kowal (Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.) and Lauren Sertich (Cloquet, Minn.) along with sophomores Paige Beason (Ankeny, Iowa) and Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) all raced to new 5k cross country personal bests.
Kowal was ninth in 19:15.6, running 1:51 faster than a year ago and 1:21 faster than her personal best from two years ago. Freed was 13th in 19:34.4, cutting 36 seconds off her personal best from 2022. Beason placed 14th in 19:36.8, after running 20:24 last season. Donahue finished in 19:56.6 to place 18th knocking nine seconds off last years' time. Sertich's new personal best of 20:23.4 was 21 seconds faster than her previous best from 2022 . She rounded out the top seven for the Huskies.
Sophomores Tegan Michalak (Arcadia, Wis.) and Mady Muehr (Greendale, Wis.) along with freshman MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) all made their Huskies Cross Country debuts. Johnson was fifth on the team and Michalak was sixth.
UP NEXT
The Huskies are off next week and will return to competition the following week at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on Friday, Sept. 20 at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minn with the gun set to go off at 12:15 p.m. CT. Links to coverage options will be available on the SCSU Cross Country schedule page.
St. Cloud State at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational
Sept. 6, 2024 | Boulder Ridge Golf Course | St. Cloud, Minn.
9. Cambrie Kowal – 19:15.6 PR
13. Greta Freed – 19:34.4 PR
14. Paige Beason – 19:36.8 PR
18. Alena Donahue – 19:56.6 PR
31. MerriAnna Johnson – 20:15.9
34. Tegan Michalak – 20:22.6
36. Lauren Sertich – 20:23.4 PR
52. Hannah Little – 21:00.7
81. Mady Muehr – 23:08.5
1. UW-Stout – 26
2. St. Benedict – 61
3. Bethel – 69
4. St. Cloud State – 82
5. UW-Superior – 138
6. Northwestern – 167
7. Bemidji State – 169
Full Results
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Cross Country, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Seniors Greta Freed (Rochester, Minn.), Cambrie Kowal (Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.) and Lauren Sertich (Cloquet, Minn.) along with sophomores Paige Beason (Ankeny, Iowa) and Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) all raced to new 5k cross country personal bests.
Kowal was ninth in 19:15.6, running 1:51 faster than a year ago and 1:21 faster than her personal best from two years ago. Freed was 13th in 19:34.4, cutting 36 seconds off her personal best from 2022. Beason placed 14th in 19:36.8, after running 20:24 last season. Donahue finished in 19:56.6 to place 18th knocking nine seconds off last years' time. Sertich's new personal best of 20:23.4 was 21 seconds faster than her previous best from 2022 . She rounded out the top seven for the Huskies.
Sophomores Tegan Michalak (Arcadia, Wis.) and Mady Muehr (Greendale, Wis.) along with freshman MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) all made their Huskies Cross Country debuts. Johnson was fifth on the team and Michalak was sixth.
UP NEXT
The Huskies are off next week and will return to competition the following week at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on Friday, Sept. 20 at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minn with the gun set to go off at 12:15 p.m. CT. Links to coverage options will be available on the SCSU Cross Country schedule page.
St. Cloud State at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational
Sept. 6, 2024 | Boulder Ridge Golf Course | St. Cloud, Minn.
9. Cambrie Kowal – 19:15.6 PR
13. Greta Freed – 19:34.4 PR
14. Paige Beason – 19:36.8 PR
18. Alena Donahue – 19:56.6 PR
31. MerriAnna Johnson – 20:15.9
34. Tegan Michalak – 20:22.6
36. Lauren Sertich – 20:23.4 PR
52. Hannah Little – 21:00.7
81. Mady Muehr – 23:08.5
1. UW-Stout – 26
2. St. Benedict – 61
3. Bethel – 69
4. St. Cloud State – 82
5. UW-Superior – 138
6. Northwestern – 167
7. Bemidji State – 169
Full Results
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Cross Country, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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