ST. PAUL, Minn. – For the second week in a row, the Macalester College women's cross country team is ranked sixth in the North Region in this week's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association North Region rankings, which were released today. The Scots took seventh at the University of Minnesota's Roy Griak Invitational against mostly Division II and NAIA schools last Friday.

Last Friday at Griak, junior Ingrid Norquist (Minneapolis, Minn./Anoka) was the first Macalester runner across the line, finishing 16th with a time of 23:41.7 over the 6000-meter course. Next for the Scots was sophomore Kate Fox (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt), placed 28th in 24:17.4. Junior Samantha Ellis (Intervale, N.H./Gould Academy) finished in 57th place, junior Ivy Coldren (Frederick, Md./Urbana) took 76th, and first year Aubrey Jensen (Floresville, Texas) finished in 84th to close out Macalester's top five.

Carleton jumped over UW-La Crosse to take over the top spot in the North Region rankings. St. Olaf follows UW-La Crosse in third, with UW-Eau Claire, UW-Whitewater and Macalester rounding out the top six. UW-Stevens Point and Ripon enter the rankings this week at seventh and eighth, with UW-Oshkosh and Concordia Wisconsin at ninth and 10th.

Macalester will compete at the Blugold Invitational, hosted by UW-Eau Claire, on Friday, Oct. 3 in Colfax, Wis.


Click here to view the USTFCCCA rankings for this week.