Cross Country runs at Drews/Neubauer Invite

WEST SALEM, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational at Maple Grove Country Club, hosted by UW-La Crosse on Saturday. 

The men's team finished 13^th out of 30 teams with 370 points, while St. Olaf dominated the meet with 41 points. Individually, junior Sam Poser led the Pioneers finishing in 29th-place with a time of 25:44.5. Fellow junior Joel Walden scored 40 points and finished in 60th-place out of 496 runners with a time of 26:00.0. Junior Matt Smaga scored 49 points with a time of 26:17.1. Junior Evan Morgan crossed the finish line with a time of 27:51.4, while Michael Peterson rounded out the Pioneers' top five with a time of 27:51.4.

On the women's side, the Pioneers finished in 20^th out of 30 teams, while Wartburg won the meet with a total of 81 points. Individually, sophomore Kiera Depies led the Pioneers, finishing in 41^st-place with a time of 23:13.2. Freshman Chelsey Heiden scored 87 points with a time of 23:53.0, while junior Meleana Bennin crossed the finish line at the 25:01.1 mark. Sophomore Kristine Amundson was right behind Bennin with a time 25:06.3. To round out the Pioneers' top-five, sophomore Ashlynne Wampfler crossed the finish line with a time of 25:12.3. 

The Pioneers return to action on Friday, Oct. 25 at the Oshkosh Open in Winneconne, Wis. at the Lake Breeze Golf Course.