ST. BONIFACIOUS, Minn. – The University of Northwestern men's and women's cross country teams opened its 2015 campaign Tuesday at Crown College, taking part in the Early Bird Triangular on a hot and humid late-summer day. The UNW women came out on top, running past Crown and North Central, while the men finished second to Macalester.
The women's results can be viewed
here and men's results
here.
The Eagles had a pair of second-place finishers in
Alyssa Arends (Ackley, Iowa/AGWSR) and
Wil Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing). Arends finished the 3K race in a time of 13:31, while Maki crossed the 5K finish line in 17:40.
Just behind Arends were
Vanessa Whyte (Medina, Minn./Orono),
Danica White (Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy),
Megan Reece (Slater, Iowa/Homeschool) and
Lisa Greenslade (Pine Island, Minn./Pine Island ), who finished in the 3-6 spots, respectively.
In his first race,
Eric Melendez (Richfield, Minn./Eagle Ridge Academy) ran to impressive time of 18:05, which was good enough for fourth place. Jackson Petersen wasn't far behind, as the sophomore finished in 18:08 to secure a top-5 finish.
The men's and women's teams will head to Pella, Iowa this weekend to compete at the Central Dutch Invitational. Fans can find a complete recap following Saturday's race at
www.unweagles.com.
