Cross Country | 9/23/2017 8:14:00 PM

Men's Results
Women's Results
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Junior Josh Young took home a top 10-finish at the Roy Griak Invitational placing seventh (26:22) and led the Minnesota State University Moorhead men's cross country team to an 11th-place finish out of 44 teams. Junior Marissa Carlson led the Dragon women with a top 50 finish.

Over the same 8k course a year ago, Young placed 60th with a time of 27:37; this year he placed seventh in 26:21. Only three Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference teams placed ahead of the Dragons.

Battling stifling humidity and high temps, the Dragon men went out a conservative pace, hoping to move past the competition in the later stages of the race. Young went through the first mile of the five mile race in 120th place. Sophomore teammate Nadir Yusuf took the race out a little quicker running through the first mile in 40th place. Already having passed 80-plus runners, Young really started to move after the 5k mark, picking off an addition 37 on his way to the finish. Young caught Yusuf at the 6k mark pushing Yusuf to his 28th (26:45) place finish.

Freshmen Nick Marshall, Hunter Kjelshus and Alec Sanbeck rounded out the Dragon men scorers. Facing the challenging Griak 8k for the first time, the freshman trio worked with each other moving past competitors together. They finished within six seconds of each other.

Carlson led the MSUM women finishing 44th (23:45) in the 6K. With a young team facing stout competition, the Dragon women finished 28th out of 43 teams. Sophomore Kathryn Sistrunk, freshman Emily Hultin, sophomore Whitney Welder, and freshman Megan Kucera rounded out the Dragon women scorers.

The Dragons will race next at the Jimmie Invitational, hosted by the University of Jamestown on Friday, Oct. 6