Junior Rachele Schulist, left, and teammate junior Alexis Wiersma congratulate each other after the women's college 6K race Sept. 18, 2015 during the Spartan Invitational at Forest Akers Golf Course in East Lansing. Schulist's time for this race was 21:01. Wiersma's time was 21:07.
This past weekend the MSU men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Minneapolis, MN for the Roy Griak Invitational. The No. 25-ranked men won the meet, while the No. 6-ranked women finished in second.
The Spartan men were led by junior TJ Carey, who finished in seventh in his first race as a Spartan. Freshman Ryan Robinson, also participating in his first race wearing the Green and White, finished close behind Carey’s 25:08, taking eighth-place with a 25:10.
“Ryan [Robinson] went out with the lead group, where TJ [Carey] moved up gradually before the two finished the final 2,000 meters together,” cross country head coach Walt Drenth said to msuspartans.com.
The women were led by junior Rachele Schulist, whose 21:32 gave her a fifth-place finish coming off her win at the Spartan Invitational. The second and third finishers for the Spartans were junior Alexis Wiersma and freshman Erin McDonald, who finished seventh and 32nd, respectively, with a 21:36 and 22:29.
“Rachele [Schulist] went out with the leaders, while Ally [Alexis Wiersma] started a little more behind and ran really well through the field,” Drenth said to msuspartans.com. “The women did a better job of being patient and maybe were too patient. They kept cutting the score in half throughout the race.”
MSU will have a break this week and will return to competition Oct. 9 at the Jayhawk Invitational in Muskegon, MI.
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