WHITEWATER, Wisconsin – The Ripon men's and women's cross country programs continued their fall schedules on Saturday, competing against some of the region's best at the Tom Hoffman Invitational hosted by UW-Whitewater.
The women came in second place – their second consecutive runner-up finish as a team – while the men took fifth.
In the women's 6K race,
Jenny Cortes netted her third top 10 finish in as many races this season. The junior placed fifth in 24:14.8, only finishing behind a trio of UW-Whitewater runners and a competitor from Dubuque. Cortes wasn't the only Red Hawk in the top 10, as
Gabby Allard finished ninth in 25:01.8.
Ripon was competitive in the next stage of finishers as well –
Minnie Hoffman (12th place, 25:12.1) and
Joley Berger (16th place, 25:42.1) both recorded top 20 performances. Only UW-Whitewater had more top 20 finishers as a team than Ripon.
Rainier Villanueva was Ripon's top finisher in the men's 8K race with a 27:50.7 time to take 31st.
Jeremy Saloun was next in line, taking 47th in 28:31.8 and
Christian Kuwaye was the third Red Hawk to place, taking 57th with a time of 28:59.6.
UP NEXT: Ripon has two weeks off before competing at The Running of the Cows in Northfield, Minnesota on Saturday, October 5 beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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