UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – The Saginaw Valley State University men's and women's cross country teams competed in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships on Friday afternoon. The Cardinal men tallied 424 points to place 17^th as a team. On the women's side, SVSU totaled 514 points for 21^st in the team standings.

Junior Dayton Brown highlighted the afternoon for the Cardinals as he finished seventh with a personal best in the 10k of 29 minutes, 57.2 seconds to earn NCAA DII All-America honors. His seventh-place showing is the second-best individual finish for the SVSU men's cross country program.

Freshman Corey Bowers and sophomore Thomas Hufton finished back-to-back in 85^th and 86th with career-best times. Bowers crossed the finish line at 31:04.0, and Hufton followed at 31:05.3. Sophomore Carson Hersch placed 146^th with a PR of 31:50.2, and sophomore Nicholas Bozarth was 178^th with a time of 32:11.3. Freshman Dominic Suliman recorded a PR as he placed 180^th with a 32:13.5. Freshman Jack Lobodzinski rounded out the seven times for SVSU with the 250^th time of 35:02.2.

Sophomore Alexa Keiser was the top finisher for the women's team with a 53^rd-place time of 21:32.1, a PR for her career. Senior Arianna Wegienka crossed the finish line in 67^th with a time of 21:43.1. Junior Lynsey Amthor recorded a PR as she placed 134^th with a time of 22:28.8. Freshman Karissa Picard set a PR of 22:52.9 when she placed 172^nd. At the same time,s ophomore Jenna Picard (22:55.7) was 176^th. Senior Lauren Buckner timed in at 22:56.6 to put 179^th, and sophomore Kailee Sandoval finished up the women's times with a PR of 23:02.2 for 183^rd.