Track & Cross Country

Hudelson Is GPAC Runner Of The Week

Hudelson Is Women's Champion At Concordia Invitational

Mustang Women Ranked 19th In NAIA Pre-Season Poll

Photo / Siouxland Sports Authority.com Monte Larsen placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the NAIA National Championships

Hudelson Is GPAC Runner Of The Week

Jessica Hudelson, a junior from Elk Point, S.D., has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for her performance at last Saturday’s Concordia University Invitational.

Hudelson was the individual champion with a time of 19:33 over the 5k course to top a field of 66 runners.
Morningside, ranked 19th in the NAIA Pre-Season Poll, finished second in the team standings by a five-point margin behind 12th-ranked Concordia University.

The Mustangs will compete in the Iowa State University Open on Saturday, Sept. 18.

Hudelson Is Women's Champ At Concordia Invite

Morningside’s Jessica Hudelson was the women’s individual champion at the Concordia Invitational cross country meet held Saturday in Seward, Neb.

Hudelson had a time of 19:33 to edge Concordia’s Sarah Kortze at the finish line by one second, while Mustang teammate Kara Nelson finished a close third in 19:37.

Morningside’s Lydia Ford also had a top 10 finish with the fifth place time of 20:02.

The Mustangs, ranked 19th nationally in the NAIA Pre-Season Poll, finished second in the six-team field with 35 points, while 12th-ranked Concordia finished first with 30 tallies.

Morningside finished third in the seven-team men’s field. The Mustangs’ top runner was Brian Gesink, who finished sixth with a time of 21:36. Garret Ehlers was next with the 11th place time of 21:48.

Morningside will compete in the Iowa State Open on Sept. 18 in Ames, Iowa.

Women’s Results

Men’s Results

Mustangs 19th In Women's Cross Country Pre-Season Poll

Morningside is ranked 19th nationally in the NAIA women’s cross country pre-season poll.

Morningside returns five of their seven runners who competed at last year’s NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championships when the Mustangs qualified for the national meet as a team for the first time in school history.

The Mustangs’ top returning runner is Kara Nelson, a senior from Cherokee, Iowa, who finished 30th at last year’s national meet to earn NAIA All-America honors.

Morningside is one of two teams from the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) ranked in the NAIA Pre-Season Top 25. The other GPAC team is Concordia, which is ranked 12th.

The Mustangs will open the 2010 season on Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Concordia Invitational in Seward, Neb.

Click here for the complete NAIA Pre-Season Top 25.