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YANKTON - The Southwest Minnesota State women's and men's cross country squads competed in its final meet prior to the conference championships on Thursday at the Mount Marty Lancer Invite held at Fox Run Golf Course.
The SMSU women's team placed fifth with 153 points, while the men's team finished sixth closing with 146 points. South Dakota School of Mines won both the five-team women's invite (37 points), while the men's team finished with 22 points in the six-team race.
Anneka Sedelmyer led the Mustang women's team earning 32nd place in the 6,000-meter race with a time of 26:34, while Brooke Wetterstrom placed 35th at 27 minutes. Marissa Pabst finished in 38th at 27:50, followed by Audrey Berube (27:59) and Kirsten Koopal (28:04) in 39th and 40th place respectively. Kaitlin Olson closed in 44th place with a time of 29:20.
The SMSU men's team had five runners compete with Carter Schwalbe earning 25th at 28:30 to lead the squad. Owen Greisen finished in 42nd (30:45), Luke Barreto was 44th (31:09), Ben Byers placed 45th (31:15), while Dylan DeWitt (31:32) finished 47th.
SMSU will now have two weeks off before competing on Nov. 7 at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships at Yankton Trails Park in Sioux Falls, S.D.