SIOUX FALLS, SD. – The Bethany Lutheran men's cross country team placed 29
th in the 31-team field with 888 points at the Augustana Twilight to open the season Friday night. This was a four-mile race.
Bethany' competitors
206 Jakin Anderson 23:08.88
261 Carter Jack 24:02.78
262 Josiah Hoppe 24:03.02
293 Trace Edmondson 24:29.59
316 Nathan Wildauer 25:45.30
323 Esau Weyiouanna 26:02.94
329 Xerxes Machtemes 26:55.92
337 Jacob Tesch 27:56.13
339 Eric Dobberstein 28:37.26
"I was happy to see where our groups are starting from today," said head coach Michael Dunn. "The team did well in a very strong field tonight and on a tough, curvy course. We have some good work to do to get in peak fitness and look forward to our next test at St. Olaf."
1 South Dakota St. 29
2 Augustana 35
3 Dordt 123
4 Una-South Dakota St. 144
5 South Dakota 145
6 Nebraska 172
7 Usf 195
8 Minnesota State 235
9 Missouri Western 254
10 Northwestern (Iowa) 346
11 Concordia-St. Paul 361
12 Concordia (Neb.) 366
13 North Iowa Area CC 412
14 Northern State 437
15 Wayne State (Neb.) 443
16 Doane 453
17 Morningside 524
18 Buena Vista 532
19 Midland 601
20 William Penn 601
21 Upper Iowa 616
22 Martin Luther 627
23 Mount Marty 686
24 SW Minnesota St. 687
25 Hastings 739
26 605 Running Company 743
27 Highland CC 786
28 Dakota Wesleyan 822
29 Bethany Lutheran 888
30 Briar Cliff 911
31 Southeastern CC 932
Bethany returns to competition Saturday, Sept. 18 at St. Olaf's meet.