FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State University cross country teams competed at the 37^th annual Roy Griak Invitational held at the Les Bolstad Cross Country Course on Friday.
 
The SMSU women finished in 30^th place in the Maroon 6K with a score of 786, while the SMSU men closed with 989 points to finish 31^st in the Maroon 8K.
 
Madison Marco was the top finisher for the Mustang women for the third time in three races this fall. She ran the 6,000-meter course in a time of 25:06 to place 129^th out of a field of nearly 400 runners. Macie Langstraat was right behind Marco and finished 146^th at 25:20. Carissa Andres was 250^th at 26:56, Catherine Ihrke finished 263^rd at 27:13, while Kyra Kusnierek crossed the line at 27:31 to finish 280^th and round out SMSU's scoring.
 
Natalie Jorschumb ran 27:39 to finish 287^th, Josephine Lentz was 316^th at 28:28, Savanna Busch placed 347^th at 29:34, while Brycelyn Hanson finished 356^th at 30:07.
 
For the SMSU men, Seth Torgerson was the team's top finisher for the third straight race as he closed the 8,000-meter course with a time of 29:08 to place 232^nd. Ivan Barrera ran 30:46 to finish 326^th, Rally Palomo finished 392^nd at 32:20, Gus Foster placed 397^th at 32:28, and Daniel Olson closed the team scoring in 441^st place at 34:54.
 
Ian Kalin finished 453^rd place with a time of 37:12.
 
SMSU returns to action on Oct. 7 competing at the Briar Cliff University Invite in Sioux City, Iowa.