Meg Borowski close the books on her collegiate cross country career Saturday morning by placing 23rd overall at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in Evansville, Ind. That finish earned the University of Minnesota Duluth sophomore All-American status as she and the Bulldogs took 15th in the 32-team.
UMD, which was making its fifth consecutive national meet appearance, posted a team score of 427 points while Adams State University captured the team title (126 points).
Borowski completed the 6,000-meter race at the Angel Mounds course with a time of 21:30.1. Three-time All-American senior
Emi Trost, who has been hobbled by an injury for the better part of this fall, was next for the Bulldogs, clocking in at 22:00.09 -- good for 57th place overall among 247 runners. She was followed by junior
Abby Moore (84th place; 22:19.9), senior
Amber Seidenkranz (154th place; 23:04.4), sophomore
Melissa Drenckhahn (176th; 23:20.3), sophomore
Lizzie Schlafke (206th place; 23:53.4) and freshman
Gabrielle Brinkley (221st place; 24:17.1). Schlafke and Brinkley were both making their NCAA II Cross Country Championship debuts.
2017 NCAA II Cross Country Championship Results