SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Minnesota State Moorhead cross country saw an array of top 25 and personal best times at Friday's Augustana Invitational. Chase Hoechst and Katelyn Kennedy would be the top Dragon finishers on the day. MSUM's men finished fourth as a team while MSUM's women's team placed 13^th. 

The men's 8k race would begin the morning with fifth-year Chase Hoechst guiding the Dragon scoring. 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.  Janis Riekstins would bolster the Dragon scoring as well, placing 20^th overall with a personal best run. 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. 

Jared Gregoire would run a 25:08.4 to finish in 33^rd while Seth Meikle rounded out the scoring 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. 

Katelyn Kennedy would pace the Dragons in the women's 6k run, marking a personal best time of 22:17.4. The run for Kennedy moves her into eighth all-time in MSUM history in the 6k run. Emma 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. 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 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. 

Up Next

Moorhead now prepares for the Platte River Rumble, hosted by Creighton University. Action from Ashland, Neb., begins at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 16.