ST. JOSEPH, Minn. - The College of Saint Benedict cross country team will get its first taste at the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships course this weekend, as the Bennies are set to compete at the NCAA Preview, hosted by Carleton College, Saturday, Oct. 3. The Bennies will race in the Women's Maize Division race, which is set to kick off the day at 10 a.m. The meet will be raced at the Bill Huyck Championship Cross Country Course.  

 

Most recently, Saint Ben's finished fifth out of eight teams in the six-kilometer race at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational Friday night, Sept. 18. Senior Anabella Witschen (Monticello, Minn./Monticello) led the Bennies with a 21st-place finish, crossing the line with a time of 23:41.3. Sophomore Daphne Grobstein (Golden Valley, Minn./Hopkins) and first-year Sophia Wolf (Spokane, Wash./Lewis & Clark) closely followed, finishing in 22nd and 23rd with times of 23:46.8 and 23:47.5, respectively. Senior Abby Bufkin (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) rounded out the Bennies within the top-25, as she finished 25th with a time of 23:56.6. 

 

No. 2 Williams, No. 3 Johns Hopkins, No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, No. 6 Tufts, No. 7 UW-La Crosse, No. 9 Pomona-Pitzer, No. 10 WashU, No. 11 MIT, No. 15 Vassar, No. 16 Hope, No. 18 Carleton, No. 19 Trinity (Texas), No. 21 Colorado College, No. 22 Calvin, No. 23 Connecticut College, No. 25 St. Olaf, No. 27 UW-Eau Claire, No. 28 Wartburg and Central College, which is receiving votes in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, will all be making the trip and racing in the Women's Navy Division.  

 

Live results for the meet can be found here, while meet information can be accessed here.