Blazers CC Starts Season With Win
Senior Cross Country Runner Katie Schwarz
David Stemper, Athletic Media Relations Student Assistant
09/01/2010
Results
The College of Saint Benedict Blazer cross country team (1-0 overall, 1-0 MIAC) defeated conference opponent, Saint Catherine's University (0-1 overall, 0-1 MIAC) 15-50 Wednesday afternoon in St. Paul, MN.
The Blazers took the top 15 spots, finishing within 1 minute and 49 seconds of each other. The top four runners for the Blazers all finished under the 21 minute mark. They were respectively senior Katie Schwarz (Mahtomedi, MN, Mahtomedi), junior Kaycee Knutson (Esko, MN, Esko), sophomore Megan Smith (Lakeville, MN, Lakeville North), and senior Katy Torchia (Rochester, MN, Lourdes).
St. Kate's had two runners place in the top 20. They were sophomore Jessica Rogers and first-year Kristina Poss.
The Blazers host the SJU Invitational 6K on Saturday, September 11th, at 11:30 a.m. in Collegeville, MN.