MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Minnesota State Moorhead cross country is back on the course this Friday as part of the Platte River Rumble, hosted by Creighton University. The women's 6k begins action at 1 p.m. with the men's 8k to follow at 1:40 p.m.

Live results will be available at msumdragons.com. Moorhead has not competed since the Augustana Invite on September 25. 

Top Finishers In Sioux Falls...Fifth-year Chase Hoechst guided the Dragon scoring at the Augustana Invite. Hoechst would finish 12^th overall marking a 24:45.3. Junior Salman Mohamed would be five spots behind Hoechst, running a 24:49.7 to finish in 17^th place. Katelyn Kennedy would pace the Dragons in the women's 6k run, marking a personal best time of 22:17.4.

More Top-25 Times Set...Both Kennedy and Emma Jamison logged new personal best times at the Augustana Invitational, which were also in the top 25 in program history. The run for Kennedy moves her into eighth all-time in MSUM history in the 6k run. Jamison would also turn in a strong race for the Dragons, finishing six spots back of Kennedy at 22:25.3. That time now ranks ninth in Moorhead history. Ava Dunnigan would enter the MSUM all-time top 25 as well, running a 23:26.6. For Dunnigan, the time ranks 23rd in Dragon history.

Big Race Janis...Senior Janis Riekstins enjoyed a personal best outing at the Augustana Invitational on September 25. Riekstins would bolster the Dragon scoring, placing 20^th overall with a personal best run time. Riekstins would cross the line at 24:52.7, besting his previous personal best by nearly 25 seconds. The Riga, Latvia, product now ranks 21^st in MSUM history in the 8k run. 

Women's Benchmarks...The Dragon women saw several of its young runners mark personal best races at the Augustana Invitational.  Lezah Dean would score for the Dragons behind a personal best time of 24:02.3. Abbigail Thoma would conclude the MSUM scoring with a collegiate-best run of 24:10.3. Sophia Ness (24:28.7), Katie Ebnet (25:25.5), Eden Andres (25:37.2) and Chloe Sargent (25:56.4) would register 6k collegiate bests for the Dragons as well. 

Men's Benchmarks...Several more Dragon runners clocked fresh personal bests at the Augustana Invitational. Seth Meikle rounded out the MSUM scoring group with a personal best. Meikle clocked a 25:17.6, over a full minute faster than his previous 8k best. Hunter Haugen would follow suit, clocking a fresh personal best of 25:23.4 to finish four spots back of Meikle. Additionally, Owen Winter (25:27.6), Blake Frazer (25:31.7), Preston Holewa (25:36.7), Owen Cowan (26:00.8), Zakariya Mohamed (26:17.5), Logan Martinez (26:25.5), Austin Dibble (26:31.2), Jaxon Rolle (26:49.4) and Caleb Osterberg (29:35.5) marked collegiate benchmarks. 

Ryan Milner is in his 10th season as MSUM's head cross country coach.