ST. JOSEPH, Minn. - The College of Saint Benedict cross country team will host its second of three home meets for the 2026 season Saturday, Oct. 17. The six-kilometer race will begin at 10:15 a.m. at River Oaks Golf Club in Cold Spring, Minn. A men's eight-kilometer race will follow. 

 

Saint Benedict enters the weekend after most recently competing at the NCAA Preview Saturday, Oct. 3, hosted by Carleton College. One of the biggest meets of the regular season across Division III, CSB registered an eighth-place finish out of 32 teams in the Maize Division. The 6k meet, which serves as a teaser for the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championship, featured many of the top teams in the country trying to get a feel for the upcoming national championship course, the Bill Huyck Championship Course. Saint Benedict was led by a 56th-place finish from first-year Sophia Wolf (Spokane, Wash./Lewis and Clark). Wolf crossed the finish line with a time of 24:01.4. Senior Abby Bufkin (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) was the second Bennie to finish, as her time of 24:07.5 was good for 62nd. Senior Julia Babineau (Andover, Minn./Andover) was 71st after finishing the 6k in 24:19.6. Also recording top-100 times were junior Mollie Ping (Winona, Minn./Winona) and sophomore Daphne Grobstein (Golden Valley, Minn./Hopkins). Ping was 78th with a time of 24:23.0, while Grobstein's time of 24:24.0 was good for 99th. 

 

The Bennies will race their home course for the second time this season, previously racing it Sept. 18 at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational. Saint Ben's battled rainy conditions from start to finish, recording fifth place in the 6k competition. Senior Anabella Witschen (Monticello, Minn./Monticello) led the Bennies with a 21st-place finish, crossing the line with a time of 23:41.3. Grobstein and Wolf closely followed, finishing in 22nd and 23rd with times of 23:46.8 and 23:47.5, respectively. Bufkin rounded out the Bennies within the top-25, as she finished 25th with a time of 23:56.6.   

 

Live results for the meet can be found here, while meet information and a map of the course can be found on the CSB cross country schedule page here.