Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: September 24

Complete Meet Results (pdf)

TWIN CITIES , Minn. -- Proving that her third-place performance at the Montana State Invitational was no fluke, Concordia senior Natalie Hanson raced to a fourth-place finish at the very competitive Roy Griak Invitational held at Les Bolstad Golf Course in the Twin Cities.

Hanson was one of 336 runners in the NCAA Division III flight of the meet. She covered the course in a time of 22:34.30. Hanson finished 25th in a time of 24:21.00 last year at the same meet.

Hanson has now placed in the top six in each of the three Concordia meets this season.

As a team, the Cobbers finished eighth in the 28-team field. Concordia was fifth among the nine MIAC schools that participated in the meet. The eighth-place finish is one spot higher than last year.

Concordia track and field standout Alissa Bilden was the second highest finisher for Marv Roeske's crew. Bilden ran a 24:17 and finished 33rd. Fellow junior Erica Lundgren placed 50th with a time of 24:43. Both Bilden and Lundgren shaved a minute off of their 2004 times. Lindsay Kuznia came in 59 seconds after Lundgren and placed 83rd. Rachel Dwyer rounded out the top five for Concordia. She finished in a time of 26:04.

Complete Team Results:

1. Carleton - 93
2. Uw-Eau Claire - 112
3. St. Olaf - 114
4. Gustavus Adolphus - 142
5. St. Thomas - 164
6. Uw-Platteville - 220
7. Uw-River Falls - 253
8. Concordia Moorhead - 262
9. Hamline - 306
10. Saint Mary's (Minn) - 319
11. Concordia Wisconsin - 356
12. Uw-Whitewater - 402
13. Hastings - 410
14. Loras - 442
15. Bethel - 451
16. St. Catherine - 457
17. Lawrence - 471
18. Dana College - 517
19. Lakehead - 518
20. St. Norbert - 526
21. Carroll - 550
22. Northwestern (Minn) - 561
23. College of St Mary - 574
24. Minnesota-Morris - 614
25. North Central - 635
26. Uw-Superior - 653
27. Northland - 678
28. Knox - 885

Top 20 Individuals

1) Amanda Kuca - Concordia (WI) - 21:55.50
2) Hailey Harren - Gustavus - 22:21.10
3) Keidra Anderson - Hamline - 22:28.20
4) Natalie Hanson - Concordia - 22:34.30
5) Megan Kielar - Uw-Whitewater - 22:37.10
6) Jennifer Carlson - St. Olaf - 22:41.85
7) Lauren Brueberg - Nrthwstrn (Minn) - 23:03.70
8) Marcia Taddy - Uw-Platteville - 23:06.10
9) Erin Kelley - Carroll - 23:14.55
10) Krystal Williams - St Mary’s - 23:22.30
11) Molly Warner - Uw-Eau Claire - 23:25.35
12) Kourtney Joyce - Gustavus - 23:31.05
13) Katherine Meyer - Carleton - 23:35.70
14) Melissa Francis - Hamline - 23:36.60
15) Jane Ovanin - Uw-Eau Claire - 23:38.85
16) Katherine Wingert - Carleton - 23:42.20
17) Jenny Olin - St. Thomas - 23:42.95
18) Marlene Yaeger - Uw-River Falls - 23:44.70
19) Kristi Nixon - Carleton - 23:47.60
20) Sarah Schillaci - Carleton - 23:52.25