BELLE FOURCHE, S.D.—South Dakota junior
Kayla Ribbink crossed the finish line in third place at the Black Hills Collegiate Cup held at the Belle Fourche Reservoir on Sunday afternoon to lead the Coyotes.
Ribbink completed the course with an overall time of 59:48.9, just 37 seconds off the winning time of 59:11.3 by Maite Kustner of San Francisco. Ribbink, who hails from Durban, South Africa, recorded the second-fastest run in the competition (19:23.2).
Sophomore
Chelsea Webber, the Coyotes' top returner from last year's national meet, finished one spot back in fourth place. A native of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Webber was the second athlete out of the water, completing the swim in 6:51.8. She tallied an overall time of 1:00:21.4.
Franziska Neck, a junior from Düsseldorf, Germany, took 11th overall with a time of 1:02:04.1. Junior SMSU transfer
Grace Busch and senior
Verena Vesely rounded out the Coyotes' scorers in 16th and 18th place, respectively. A native of Mankato, Minnesota, Busch completed the course in 1:03:25.9. Vesely, out of Innsbruck, Austria, clocked 1:04:33.5.
South Dakota tied Denver for second in the team scoring with 198 points. San Francisco took home the team title with a score of 206.
Also racing for the Coyotes on Sunday were junior
Ella Perras of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, freshman
Lulu Ehinger from Coppell, Texas, and freshman
Ella Spitz from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Ehinger, who is also a member of the Coyotes' cross country squad this fall, had the third-fastest run of the competition with a time of 19:47.2.
Black Hills Collegiate Cup Results
1. Maite Kustner, San Francisco, 59:11.3
2. Maria Carreau, Denver, 59:15.4
3. Kayla Ribbink, South Dakota, 59:48.9
4. Chelsea Webber, South Dakota, 1:00:21.4
5. Gillian Cridge, San Francisco, 1:00:23.9
6. Kara Gupta Baltazar, San Francisco, 1:00:28.4
7. Shannon Feran, Colorado Mesa, 1:01:05.1
8. Clara Normand, Denver, 1:01:18.6
9. Olivia Ebenstein, Denver, 1:01:42.4
10. Natalie Mitchell, Colorado Mesa, 1:01:54.4
11. Franziska Neck, South Dakota, 1:02:04.1
12. Lilja McKendry, BHSU, 1:02:15.3
13. Nadine Klive, Colorado Mesa, 1:02:31.6
14. Elizabeth Harita, Denver, 1:02:50.4
15. Maddie Perkins, San Francisco, 1:03.22.4
16. Grace Busch, South Dakota, 1:03:25.9
17. Veronika Divis, San Francisco, 1:03:42.4
18. Verena Vesely, South Dakota, 1:04:33.5
19. Avarie Faulkner, Denver, 1:04:43.2
20. Ella Perras, South Dakota, 1:04.46.9
21. Maren York, Denver, 1:05:18.8
22. Natalie Elkin, BHSU, 1:05:43.1
23. Lulu Ehinger, South Dakota, 1:05:56.3
24. Torin Lackmann, Colorado Mesa, 1:06:04.1
25. Emma Polenske, Colorado Mesa, 1:06:34.8
26. Sydney Gasper, BHSU, 1:06:43.7
27. Courtney Diemar, Denver, 1:07:03.5
28. Abby Croasdell, Colorado Mesa, 1:07:07.5
29. Fiona Graves, Colorado Mesa, 1:07:18.3
30. Abbey Lotz, San Francisco, 1:07:39.2
31. Alahna Lien, MSU Billings, 1:08:17.8
32. Heidi Henry, San Francisco, 1:08:36.9
33. Ella Spitz, South Dakota, 1:08:48.5
34. Yoana Tohom, Colorado Mesa, 1:09:39.5
35. Cassidy Teeslink, BHSU, 1:10:03.7
36. Sydney Campbell, BHSU, 1:11:14.6
37. Madelynn Potter, BHSU, 1:11:43.5
38. Maha Akl, Colorado Mesa, 1:11:52.5
39. Cameron Bell, Denver, 1:14.32.3
40. Eve Wendley, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1:16:21.6
41. Elizabeth Odell, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1:18:44.4
42. Sierra Erlandson, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1:19:06.3
43. Alexa Blakely, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1:21:17.9
44. Camille Shaver, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1:25.11.1
45. Aspen Tolman, MSU Billings, 1:25:30.6
46. Aydee Arrendondo, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1:26:27.9
