MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State University women's cross-country team placed fifth out of 11 teams on Friday night competing at the MSU Moorhead Dragon Twilight held on the campus of MSU Moorhead.
 
The SMSU women's team closed with 148 points, while the SMSU men's team recorded 238 points to finish in ninth place.
 
UMary won the women's team title with 17 points, while Minot State finished second with 73 points. On the men's side, MSU Moorhead won the invite recording 31 points with Minot State placing second at 67 points.
 
Maddy Marco led the Mustang women with a 13^th place finish out of 94 runners covering the 4,000-meter course with a time of 15:10. Macie Langstraat crossed the finish line at 15:15 to place 24^th, while teammate Catherine Ihrke was 35^th at 15:48.
 
Natalie Jorschumb and Carissa Andres finished 49^th and 50^th respectively with times of 16:30 and 16:32. Kyra Kusnierek recorded a time of 17:00 to place 58^th, Josephine Lentz finished 63^rd with a time of 17:10, Brycelyn Hanson was 75^th at 18:03, while Savanna Busch closed at 18:24 for 78^th overall.
 
For the SMSU men's team, Seth Torgerson finished 41^st in the 6,000-meter race that featured nearly 100 athletes with a time of 20:11. Rally Palomo placed 53^rd at 21:04 with Gus Foster right behind in 54^th at 21:11. Ivan Barrera crossed the finish line at 21:29 to finish 57^th, Daniel Olson was 68^th at 22:16, Patrick Jenkins ran 22:48 to finish 77^th, while Ian Kalin was 88^th at 23:45.
 
SMSU will next compete in two weeks at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on Sept. 22.