ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State women's and men's cross-country teams had their final tune-up prior to the conference championships on Wednesday afternoon competing at the Waxlax Invite at Wapicada Golf Course and hosted by St. Cloud State University.
 
The SMSU women's team finished with 188 points to finish sixth out of seven teams, while the men's team recorded 151 points to finish fifth out of five teams.
 
The women's team had many personal bests during the meet with Caitlyn Regan pacing the team with a 37^th place finish covering the 6,000-meter race in 23:58. Catherine Ihrke finished in 41^st with a time of 24:25, while Kyra Kusnierek crossed the finish line at 24:57. Macie Langstraat ran 25:00 to place 56^th with Hannah Koepfinger coming in 64^th at 25:41. Savanna Busch placed 67^th at 25:47, Natalie Jorschumb finished 72^nd at 26:21, while Josephine Lentz closed at 26:37 to finish in 76^th.
 
On the men's side, John Ziemkowski led the Mustangs with a time of 28:28 to finish 31^st in the 8,000-meter race at 28:05. Brayden Tofteland ran 28:28 with teammate Daniel Olson right behind at 29:23 to finish 33^rd and 34^th respectively. Michael Boyd came at 36^th place at 31:36, followed by Patrick Jenkins at 32:54 for 37^th and Ryan Russek in 38^th at 33:27.
 
SMSU will next compete at the NSIC Championships in Wayne, Neb., on Nov. 5.