Women Place Eighth, Men 15th at Blugold Open

Oct. 3, 2008

The Falcon women placed eighth and the men 15 th at the Blugold Open held Friday at the Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax.

Christine Peters led the women. She placed 23 rd overall in 23:51 over the 6,000-meter course. Carley Eggert was next in 37 th place in 24:23. She was followed by Leah Korf, 41 st , 24:33, Amy Follmann, 67 th , 25:17 and Ellie Maione, 83 rd in 25:53.

UM-Duluth's Morgan Place won the individual title with a time of 21:32. The University of Minnesota won the team title with 24 points. UWRF finished with 251 points. Sixteen teams competed.

The Falcon men placed 15 th of 19 teams with 416 points.

The Falcons ran as a group with the top five finishers crossing the line in a 29 second span.

Scott Bowman led the way. He finished the 8,000-meter course in 27:07 and placed 73 rd overall. Nick Zeien was next in 80 th place with a time of 27:21. He was followed by Jake Cavanaugh, 84 th , 27:25, Taylor Zinnel, 88 th , 27:28 and Charles Collins, 91 st , 27:36.

St. Thomas won the team title with 77 points and St. Olaf's Cobuol Ruon was the individual winner with a time of 24:51.58.

On Saturday Becca Jordahl will run in the Pre National Meet at Hanover, Ind., College. The race starts at noon.

On Oct. 18 the Falcons will run in the Brooks Invitational at UW-Oshkosh.

Women's Results
Men's Results