Teamwork Highlighted Season Opener at Tom Hoffman Invite

The UW-Platteville Cross Country teams opened the season at the Tom Hoffman Invitational hosted by UW-Whitewater. Many runners used the competition partly as a training race with many of the Pioneer runners running in pairs.

The women opened competition and were led by freshman Brenna Kautz. Kautz finished 28^th out of 156 runners with a time of 27:04. The pair of Anna Drazkowski and Katie Wardiski finished next with times of 28:23 (51^st) and 28:24 (52^nd) respectively. Krystin Sheyko and Johanna Meister crossed in 29:13 (67^th) and 29:14 (68th). Janelle Ferguson and Danielle Nelson rounded out the Pioneer top-7 in 75^th and 76^th with a time of 29:31. The women's team finished 6^th out of 15 teams with 209 points. UW-LaCrosse won the team competition with 26 points.

The men's team also finished 6^th overall. Hosts UW-Whitewater won the 13 team competition with 42 points, edging out UW-LaCrosse by 4 ponits. Devin Johnson and Zach Lee led the Pioneers in 29:32, 37^th and 38^th respectively out of 165 runners. Cory Flood and Cole Shurbert-Hetzel were next in 29:44 (46yh and 47^th). Grant Munson and Alex Clark ere next in 29:52 (52^nd and 53^rd). Timothy Knobloch rounded out the Pioneer top-7 in 30:00 (56^th).

The Pioneers will be back in full force on Friday competing at Augustana College.