JOPLIN, Mo. – Bemidji State University Cross Country finished 26^th in the 2025 NCAA Division II Central Regional Saturday in Joplin, Mo. Maggie McCarthy led the team with a finish in 38^th, the program's best finish all-time. 
 
The Beavers hit the 3,000-meter mark in three groups, led by Maggie McCarthy in 65^th at 11:08.5. Nadia Vaughn and Sophie Rylance hit the halfway point a tenth of a second apart, Vaughn in 148^th at 11:49.80 and Rylance in 149^th just behind her. Callie Ressler brought in the final two runners, sitting in 211^th at 12:57.60 and Aspen Rohde rounded out the first half in 217^th at 13:13.30. 
 
At the finish, Maggie McCarthy made program history, taking a program-best 38^th and setting her personal best time of 22:10.01. McCarthy also set the program's 6,000-meter record, an accolade she set last fall in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships. Nadia Vaughn followed with a time of 24:11.48, taking 154^th. Not far behind, Sophie Rylance finished in 157^th at 24:14.10, around 20 seconds shy of her best. Senior Callie Ressler moved up in the second half of the race, finishing in 208^th with a time of 26:26.70, setting her own PR in her final race. Finishing the Beavers' lineup was Aspen Rohde who dropped back to 227^th with a time of 27:30.21, beating her previous PR time by 26.4 seconds.
 
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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).