Complete Meet Results (pdf)

BOZEMAN, Mont-- Natalie Hanson put her quest for a trip to the NCAA Division III National Cross Country Meet in full gear on Saturday as she ran a 17:49.00 over the 3-mile course at Montana State and captured third place.

Hanson's feat is even more amazing considering the fact that she was the only non NCAA Division I or II athlete to finish in the top 20 of the meet. Hanson beat out runners from Division I Utah State, the University of Utah, Idaho State and host Montana State.

As a team, Concordia finished sixth in the eight-team event.

After Hanson, Alissa Bilden was the next highest finisher for the Cobbers. Bilden ran a 19:16.00 and finished 28th. Erica Lundgren finished 39th in a time of 19:44.00. She was followed by Rachel Charpentier and Lindsay Kuznia who paced each other to finish with times of 20:19.00 and 20:23.00.

Concordia will return to action on Saturday, Sept. 24 when they compete in the Roy Griak Invitational at the Univeristy of Minnesota at 9:00am.

Complete Team Results:

1 Utah State University - 24
2 Montana State University - 72
3 Idaho State University - 94
4 University of Utah - 98
5 Utah Valley State College - 99
6 Concordia College - 142
7 Msu-Billings - 221
8 Westminster - 253

Top 20 Individuals

1) Tiffany Strickland - Utah State - 17:16.00
2) Amy Egan - Utah State - 17:30.00
3) Natalie Hanson - Concordia College - 17:49.00
4) Ashley Johnson - Utah State - 17:50.00
5) Sarah Skeem - Idaho St. - 17:51.00
6) Chelsea DiGrazia - University of Utah - 17:57.00
7) Caroline Berry - Utah State - 17:58.00
8) Jayme Larson - Mont. State - 18:00.00
9) Kayla Larson - Mont. State - 18:00.00
10) Vanessa Hawkins - Utah State - 18:02.00
11) Lois Ricardi - Idaho St. - 18:04.00
12) Elisabeth Driscoll - Mont. State - 18:07.00
13) Caroline Gottschalk - Mont. State - 18:12.00
14) Jill Steele - Utah State - 18:15.00
15) Carlyon Andrus - Utah State - 18:17.00
16) Kim Rowberry - Utah Valley - 18:24.00
17) Nicki Hugie - University of Utah - 18:26.00
18) Bekah Meier-Poppinga - Utah Valley - 18:28.00
19) Ashlee Warnick - University of Utah - 18:29.00
20) Sarah Lord - Unattached - 18:31.00