The men’s and women’s cross-country teams traveled to Sioux Falls on Friday to compete in the Augustana Twilight at Yankton Trail Park.
It was a successful trip for both the men and the woman, with both capturing a first-place finish.
Men
The SDSU men showed their dominance by taking places one through five in the four-mile race.
Senior Cody Larson grabbed the top spot with a time of 18:00.10, which was good enough for an SDSU course record.
Jackson Dutcher followed with a time of 18:19.03 and a new personal best for the junior.
Third was Cashton Johnson crossing the line with a time of 18:41.36. Closely behind Johnson was Brandon Kampsen with a time of 18:44.92.
Rounding out the Jackrabbit top five sweep was Junior Will Lohr with a time of 18:45.91.
Other Jacks who had good finishes were Dale Johnson, who had a time of 18:55.41, which was enough to place him eighth. Junior runner Luke Johnson crossed the line in 12th, clocking a time of 19:17.40.
A pair of Jackrabbit freshmen also showed what they could do in the first meet of the season. Cade Sanvik finished with a time of 19:12.66, while Jared Lutmer ended with a time of 19:24.41. The freshmen finished 10th and 16th, respectively.
South Dakota State Men took home first as a team, scoring 15 points, followed by Augustana in second with 63 points, Minnesota State in third, Concordia grabbed fourth and Doane rounded out the top five.
Women
The women took the top three spots in their contest.
Claiming the top spot in the women’s 5k was SDSU Senior Ashlyn Hillyard, with a time of 17:04.27.
Just behind Hillyard was Junior Eleni Lovgren, coming in with a time of 17:04.76, just 0.49 seconds from a first-place finish.
Coming in third to secure the Jackrabbits with the top three spots was sophomore Courtney Stadter, with a
time of 17:08.47.
The next Jackrabbit in the finishing order was Emma Gonzalez, coming home just outside the top-five with a time of 17:33.64 in sixth, just 0.69 seconds from a top-five five.
There was a run of Jackrabbit finishers from positions 14-18. Emma Ecker led the group with her time of 17:47.22. followed by Greta Peters, Annie Robinson, Nicole Swanson, with Kelsey Schmidt rounding out the group with a time of 17:56.03.
SDSU took home first in the women’s team standings with a score of 20. In a distant second was Minnesota State, scoring 75 points, followed by Augustana, Minnesota Crookston and Gustavus Adolphus in fifth
SDSU’s next meet will be the Griak Invitational in Minnesota and will take place Friday Sept. 19 at 10 a.m.
