Dukes Land Top 10 Finish in Roy Griak Invitational

Saturday, September 23

Minneapolis, Minn.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

Roy Griak Invitational

9/23/2017 9:23:00 PM | Cross Country

Full Results @JMUCrossCountry

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. - The James Madison cross country team placed ninth out of 18 teams on the physically tough course at Les Bolstad Golf Course in the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday.

Race Recap
Senior Nora Raher paced the Dukes as she finished 26th among the 188 finishers in the 6K race with a time of 22:32. Senior Carol Strock finished seven places behind with a time of 22:42. The Dukes tallied 255 points and averaged a time of 23:05. San Francisco won the race with a mere 22 points, followed by Iowa State (72) and host Minnesota (85).

JMU Results (Full Results)

Finish (Points)	Name	Time
26 (26)	Nora Raher	22:32
33 (33)	Carol Strock	22:42
47 (46)	Caitlin Swanson	22:53
82 (71)	Emily Murphy	23:32
92 (79)	Olivia Viparina	23:45
125	Erica Jackson	24:27
126	Madelynn Knight	24:28

Coach Rinker's Remarks
"I thought that we ran really well, especially Raher, Strock and Swanson. Considering the heat and the difficulty of the course, we raced hard all the way through. The top-four teams are ranked in the top-25 nationally and they are just better than us right now. I thought coming into the race that a top-10 finish would mean we did a very good job, so finishing ninth was an excellent effort."

Up Next
JMU will head to the Penn State Open on Oct. 13 for their last meet before the CAA Championships.