Women Finish Second, Men Finish Third at MLC Invite

 
NEW ULM, Minn.  –On Saturday, the Bethany cross country teams participated in the annual Martin Luther Invitational at Flandrau State Park. The men's team ran the 8000M race while the women's team competed in the 6000M event.
 
Men's Results: Third place finish
(12) David Luehring – 31:35.2
(13) Stefan Prince – 31:35.9
(14) Zach Dantzman – 31:50.6
(17) Nathan Birr – 32:09.8
(20) Lucas Malimanek – 33:31.2
(24) Nicolas Bruss – 37:48.4
(26) Michael Bless – 41:07.1
 
Head Coach Michael Dunn commented following the MLC Invite, "The best take-away from the meet today is seeing our athletes continuing to improve each and every week. We had five of our seven athletes finish in the top 20 which is great to see. We will continue to work hard each day with hopes of reaching our potential come conference tournament time."
 
Women's Results: Second place finish
(1) Megan Sauer – 24:25.0
(4) Kirsten Elyea – 25:47.8
(6) Morgan Sauer – 26:01.9
(7) Lydia Hildebrandt – 26:05.5
(14) Jemimah Cordes – 27:00.4
(24) Katie Farquhar – 28:58.5
(25) Megan Morehouse – 28:59.5 

"The coaching staff is extremely proud of the entire women's cross country team for their efforts at the MLC Invite today. Megan Sauer put together a complete race today, showing no signs of giving up as she was the first to cross the finish line in a very competitive field of runners," stated Dunn. "We look forward to a two weeks of training before we run the La Crosse race."
 
Up next for Bethany:
On October 15^th the cross country teams will travel to La Crosse, Wisconsin to compete in the Jim Drews Invitational.
                                                                               
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