ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville cross country teams ran at the Augustana Interregional Invite on Saturday afternoon. The meet took place at the Sauke Golf Course in Rock Island, Illinois.

Men's Highlights
The men's team placed 13th out of 35 teams in the Blue 8K race, totaling 422 points. Leading the way was freshman Jonny Golke, who placed 92nd overall with a time of 26:38.6.

Freshman Bennett Story was the Pioneers' second runner to cross the line, taking 114th with a time of 26:48.8. Freshman Bradyn Wendorff followed behind with a time of 27:10.3 which was good for 163rd.

Freshmen Zane Mattson and Will Johnson rounded out the top five scorers for UW-Platteville placing back-to-back in 178th and 179th. Mattson ran a time of 27:17.6, while Johnson was right behind at 27:18.2.
 
Women's Highlights
The women's team scored 666 points to finish 26th out of 29 teams in the Blue 6K race. Freshman Grace Fretz was the team's top runner, placing 132nd with a time of 24:51.9. Just six spots behind was freshman Tori Browning, who posted a time of 24:59.6 to take 138th.

Freshman Elli Johnson placed 217th with a time of 26:22.2, while freshman Hailey Heiar came in 259th at 27:32.2.

Rounding out the scorers for UW-Platteville was freshman Ella Mathews, who took 264th behind her time of 27:42.0.
 
Up Next
The Pioneers will compete at either the UW-Oshkosh Open or the UW-Whitewater Open next Friday afternoon with the WIAC Championship meet taking place at the end of October.