"The race played into the way I planned," Johnson said. MSU-Billings junior Robert Peterson was third in 25:42.2. Yak also finished as the Men's Maroon II runner-up a year ago. Meanwhile, Regina's Matt Johnson took home the individual crown, finishing in 25:32.1 just ahead of runner-up Paul Yak of Augustana (running unattached). Indiana Wesleyan took third in the team standings with 189 points. The Rangers earned 90 points with three top-20 finishes and were led by senior Evan Lewandowski in fifth overall. UW-Parkside secured the Men's Maroon II Race team title with a nine-point win over team runner-up Augustana (S.D.). We come here every year and have traditionally done well. "This is my first major victory in cross country, so it's very meaningful," Carpenter said. He edged runner-up Alex Ciesielski, a UW-La Crosse senior, by 10 seconds (26:06.5). UW-Oshkosh junior Jordan Carpenter won the individual title in the Men's Maroon III Race, pacing the field in 25:56.2. UW-La Crosse's team victory marked their fifth title since the Men's Maroon III Race was founded in 2007. UW-Oshkosh finished second in the team standings with 46 points, and Wartburg was third (82 points). The Eagles earned three top 10 finishes and secured the team crown with 43 points. UW-La Crosse picked up its second team title of the day as the Eagles won the Men's Maroon III team crown after their women's team won the Suzy Wilson Women's Maroon III title earlier in the day.
The Vikings finished second in the team standings with 97 points, and Northern Michigan (115 points) rounded out the top three teams. Minnesota Duluth (74 points) edged out 2013 Women's Maroon II team champion Augustana (S.D.). In total, three Bulldogs finished in the top 10 as Breanna Colbenson finished eighth and Emilee Trost took ninth. Everyone was super pumped up and motivated today, and we were all on top of our game." From a team perspective, I was astonished how strong we were this week. I managed to stay at the top, and my time was ok. My teammate Breanna was with me for the first mile.
"We went off right where we wanted to be. "Before the race, my teammates and I were talking about going for the course record held by Runa Falch, and I just kind of said let's see how it feels," Rivard said. Rivard clocked a time of 22:02.8 to secure a nearly 11-second victory over runner-up Sasha Hovind of Northern State (22:13.4). Minnesota Duluth sophomore Samantha Rivard took home the individual title and led the Bulldogs to the team title in the Women's Maroon II race. Thomas came in second with 69 team points. The Eagles' 60 points is the lowest-ever team total in the Women's Maroon III race. Junior Ellen Smith (ninth) and senior Rebecca Zych (10th) also secured top-10 finishes. Mead paced UW-La Crosse to the 2014 Suzy Wilson Women's Maroon III team title as the Eagles posted 60 points with three runners in the top 10. My plan was to sit on the back of that pack and then take off during the third or fourth kilometer, and I went right at about 3.5." "Usually there is a pack that goes out hard.
"I feel like the race went a little slower than we expected," Mead said. Thomas and third-place finisher Kimber Meyer (23:16.2) of Macalester. The Women's Maroon III champion improved on an eighth-place finish a year ago and defeated runner-up Erin Statz (22:53.6) of St. UW-La Crosse senior Laura Mead won the opening race of the 2014 Roy Griak Invitational on a sunny, warm Saturday morning, crossing the finish line at Les Bolstad Course in 22:39.9. Roy Griak Invitational Results Central | Men's Gold Recap | Women's Gold Recap