The Luther College women's cross country team placed ninth of 30 teams at the 20th annual Tori Neubauer Invitational hosted by UW-La Crosse. The 6,000 meter course was run at Maple Grove Golf Course, West Salem, Wis.

The Norse posted a team total of 279. Wartburg won the team title with 81 points, followed by University of Minnesota with 90 and UW-La Crosse with 100.

Tricia Serres won the individual title (21:19), finishing 13 seconds ahead of runner-up Sammi Bruett of Wartburg. There were 471 runners that competed this morning.

Serres title was her fourth in a row dating back to the Luther All-American Sept, 14. She also won the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational Oct. 4, and the St. Kate's Invitational Oct. 12.

Jayne Cole also posted a top-20 finish. Cole placed 14th clocked at 22:33, her best time of the year on a 6K course. 

Completing the top five finishers for the Norse was Brenna Gibbons (86th/83rd - 23:49), Nicole Powers (93rd/88th - 23:53), and Maggie Pierson (100/93 - 23:56). Madeline Lambert (114th - 24:08) and Sophie Ristau (116th - 24:09) were sixth and seventh for the Norse.

Complete Team Results (pdf)

Complete Team Detail Results (pdf)

Complete Individual Results (pdf)

Luther will return to action Friday, Oct. 25 when it will host UW-La Crosse for a dual meet that will begin at 4:30 p.m.