Team Results       Individual Results

 New UW-Parkside cross country coach Micah VanDenend kicked off his Ranger career at the 22nd annual Midwest Open, held on Parkside's Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course on a rainy Saturday morning in Somers.

 “I had butterflies in my stomach getting out here today,” admitted VanDenend after the races. “I was very excited, but now the first meet is over and we'll move on from here.”

 NCAA Division III UW-Oshkosh won the women's 5K team title with a low score of 26.

 The UW-Parkside women's team was runner up with a score of 51, a safe distance ahead of third place Loyola, 80. The Ranger men were third with 66 points.

  Elise Sigg of UW-Milwaukee led throughout the women's race and was clocked in 17:49. Christina Cazzola of UW-Oshkosh was next best in 18:07.

 Hope Christie led the UW-Parkside charge with a fourth place overall finish in 18:22. Other Ranger scorers were Heidi Ertl, eighth, 19:07; Whitney Olson, 13th, 19:48; Jessica Watychowicz, 15th, 19:55; and Chelsea Tribble, 16th, 19:55.

 “The women are slim on numbers (seven healthy) and we needed each one to pull their weight and they did that and more,” said VanDenend. “They exceeded my expectations.”

 Next up for the Runnin' Rangers is the Griak Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota, Saturday, Sept. 25.