MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Both Black Hills State cross country teams had success competing at the Roy Griak Invitational Friday morning.
 
Both teams placed in the top ten among 27 teams in their divisions. The men's team placed sixth among 27 teams while the women finished eighth.
 
Keith Osowski was the top finisher for the men coming across the line sixth out of 374 runners in the men's 8K. Osowski finished the race in 25:52.0.
 
Tim Brown and Matt Parker were the next Yellow Jackets across the line coming in 19th and 20th, respectively. Both Brown and Parker earned career bests in the race with Brown completing the race with a time of 26:03.4 and Parker right behind finishing in 26:06.9.
 
Britton Elkin finished 72nd with a time of 27:10.6 while David Standish finished in 76th with a time of 27:14.6 which bested his previous best time of 27:56.3.
 
Next across the line were freshmen Lincoln Fleischman and Hayden Grosz. Fleischman placed 88th with a time of 27:29.9 with Grosz coming in 90th with a career best time of 27:31.3.
 
Rounding out the Yellow Jacket line up Levi Smith placed 140th (28:10.9) and Nolan Maher placed 242nd (29.26.0).
 
On the women's side Ruby Lindquist was the top Yellow Jacket placing sixth out of 327 runners with a time of 22:43.3 in the women's 6k.
 
Xiomara Robinson and Sylvia Brown were the next across the line for the green and gold finishing in 11 and 13, respectively. Robinson ran a 22:59.6 while Brown completed the race with a career best time of 23:01.7.
 
The next Yellow Jacket across the line was Morgan Wald who placed 91 also earning a career best time of 24:26.9 besting her previous best of 24:48.8 which she earned in the 2020 RMAC Cross Country Championships.
 
Erica Dykstra placed 158 with a time of 25:25.7 while freshman Aryn Meiners placed 261 with a career best time of 27:47.1.
 
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets have one more race prior to the RMAC Championships which is the Yellowjacket Open held in Billings, Mont. in two weeks on Friday, Oct. 8.