Results

The St. Catherine University cross country team had a solid performance at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships and hoped to end the season even stronger at the NCAA Central Region Meet. With another great performance from junior Courtney Kirkeide (Greenbush, Minn./Greenbush/Middle River), the Wildcats ended the season with a 23rd-place finish regionally Saturday morning at Central College in Pella, Iowa. 

Kirkeide has led the Wildcats in nearly every meet this season and didn't disappoint Saturday as she raced to a 53rd-place finish with a time of 23:56.8. She now moves to No. 9 all-time at St. Kate's with her personal record (PR) finish. 

First-year Catherine Degen (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) was the second Wildcat finisher for the first time in her rookie season. She clocked a time of 25:25.1, while sophomore Ellie Cardinal (Burnsville, Minn./Eastview) was just behind her with a time of 25:27.6 as the third Wildcat finisher. 

Less than two seconds later, junior Shannon Strickland (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) crossed the line in 25:29.4 as the fourth Wildcat finisher. First-year Jackie Brine-Doyle (Merrifield, Minn./Pequot Lakes) rounded out the Wildcats' top-five finishers with a time of 25:34.5. 

Coming in sixth for the Wildcats just a few seconds behind Brine-Doyle was Bryana Waage (Valencia, Calif./Hart) who crossed the line in 25:39.7. Michelle Perri (Plymouth, Minn./Osseo) was the final Wildcat competitor finishing the 6,000-meter course in 26::51.4. 

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