Both the men's and women's cross country teams for Concordia placed second at the Mount Marty Invitational on Saturday in Yankton, S.D. Black Hills State University edged the Bulldogs on women's side while Dickinson State took the men's title. In the team standings on the women's side Black Hills State, ranked No. 16 in the NAIA finished with 59 points, just two points better than Concordia who was ranked No. 13 going into the meet. The Bulldogs were the highest finishing GPAC team at the meet.
Concordia was led by Kayla Engel for the second straight week. Engle took eighth place (19:07.65) while freshman Alicia Marteney was ninth (19:11.61). The Bulldogs top six runners all finished within 25 seconds of each other. Katie Swanson was 11th (19"16.29), Taylor Felix 14th (19:20.19), while Jacque Wiseman and Katie Lutmer took 19th and 20th respectively (19:32.35 - 19:32.64).
On the men's side of the event the Bulldogs were edged by Dickinson State University who finished with a team total of 54, while the Bulldogs put up 60 points.
Individually the Bulldogs finished with four runners in the top 15, led by sophomore David Goeglein who took fifth place, crossing the finish line in 25:49.40. Fellow sophomore Zach Meineke was two places back in seventh place (25:54.91).
Others in the top 15 for Concordia included Jordan Tucker (13th-26:13.71), Bryan Felker (14th-26:18.64). Tyson Billing and Zach Billings finished in 21st and 22nd place respectively.
The Bulldog cross country squads are readying for the GPAC Championships which will be held in Crete, Neb., on Oct. 27 at 10:45 a.m.