RESULTS

Notables
-Hovland posted a personal-best time of 22:00.4
-Hovland becomes the youngest Saint to compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships
-280 runners competed

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WINNECONNE, Wis. (csssaints.com) – St. Scholastica sophomore Casey Hovland (North Branch, Minn./North Branch HS) finished 54^th out of 280 runners on Saturday at the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championship at Lake Breeze Golf Club, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
 
Results
Top Team Scores: 1. Williams-81, 2. Geneseo State-179, 3. MIT-182, 4. Johns Hopkins-188, 5. Washington-St. Louis-193
Individual Winner: Abrah Masterson-Cornell College (21:23.1
 
The Race
Hovland got off to a solid start as she posted a split of 7:06.4 two kilometers in and was 28^th overall. Nearly five kilometers in she had dropped off to 49^th overall and had a 9:23.1 split. In the final kilometer-plus, Hovland would be passed by five more runners to finish 54^th overall with a personal-best time of 22:00.4.
 
The top 35 runners earn All-America accolades and she missed that by 14 seconds. Hovland is the fourth CSS female runner to qualify individually in program history and the youngest of those runners to do so.
 
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