Individual/Team Results

VERMILLION, S.D.--UNO cross country ran into some tough competition on Saturday finishing fourth at the Tim Young Dakota Days Challenge. Junior Amanda Vorthmann led the way once again for a Mavericks team that earned 89 points in the 5k race.

UNO's point total was good for fourth place, but the Mavs were outdone by North Dakota State, South Dakota and North Dakota. The Bison finished the race in first with 21 points, followed by South Dakota's 49. North Dakota finished just ahead of UNO with 72 team points. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology rounded out the field with 146 points.

Six runners competed on Saturday for UNO, led by Vorthmann. She led the Mavs with her second straight 4th place finish. This was the fourth consecutive race in which she finished first for the team, this time with a time of 18:10. Freshman Kristin Rogers followed Vorthmann with an 18th overall finish with a time of 19:06. Finishing third for the Mavs was junior Nicole Behm. She came in in 28th place with a time of 20:16.  Fourth for the Mavs went to freshman Ashley Kildow.  She finished the race in 31st place with a time of 20:21. Brittany Phillips immediately followed Kildow across the finish line earning her a 32nd-place finish, fifth for the Mavericks, with a time of 20:24. The sixth runner for the Mavs was sophomore runner Kayla Fenske who finished in 40th with a time of 21:08.

Finishing first overall, with a time of 17:47, was North Dakota State runner Heidi Peterson.

The UNO cross country team will next be in action on October 22nd in Lamoni, Iowa at the Yellowjacket Classic at Graceland.