SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Cross Country team took to the Wapicada Golf Course in Sauk Rapids, Minn. this afternoon to race in the Bob Waxlax Invitational, hosted by St. Cloud State University. The 4,000-meter race between Bemidji State, St. Cloud State and College of St. Benedict was won by BSU junior
Maggie McCarthy.
Maggie McCarthy took the top spot and shaved over a full minute off her 4,000-meter personal best with a final time of 14:37.90. Her previous record was set at 15:38.7 during the Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragon Twilight in September 2022, her first race of her collegiate career.
Carol Miller and
Nadia Vaughn also cracked the Top 10 for Bemidji State with Miller in eighth and Vaughn taking ninth. Miller also broke her previous 4K race time by around 43 seconds, marking a 15:08.6 with her previous best sitting at 15:51.5. Around 14 seconds after Miller crossed the line,
Nadia Vaughn grabbed ninth place with her 15:22.80 run, marking yet another PR for the Beavers this afternoon.
Rounding out the scoring for the Beavers were
Abigail Namukwaya at 17
th, racing in the first 4K of her collegiate career. Namukwaya finished with a time of 15:47.20. In the Beavers' fifth spot was
Carmen Lyon who finished at the 15:53.30 mark and in 19
th place. Similarly to Namukwaya, Lyon had not ran in a 4-000-meter race during college until this afternoon.
Sophie Rylance tallied the 27
th-place finish with a 16:08.50 followed by
Ava Werner in 33
rd with a 16:50.10. Finishing out the race for BSU,
Callie Ressler and
Sydnie Price found 44
th and 46
th with finishes at 17:42.3 and 17:46.8, respectively.
Following tonight's race, BSU will come home and prepare for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championship Oct. 26 in Minot, N.D. The 6K race will be followed by the NCAA Central Region Championship Nov. 9 to close out the 2024 season.
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
