RAPID CITY, S.D. - The Black Hills State Cross Country teams found success at the Hardrocker XC Invite this weekend with the men placing first with 37 points and the women taking second with 37 points.
 
BHSU had the top finisher on both sides with Ruby Lindquist coming in first for the women with a time of 18:31.2 and Keith Osowski coming across the finish line first for the men with a time of 25:51.9.
 
In the women's 5K Xiomara Robinson took second with a time of 19:07.8, Sylvia Brown took fourth (19:29.5), Erica Dykstra rounded out the top ten Yellow Jacket finishers for the women in ninth (20:17.1).
 
Rounding out the Yellow Jacket women's team were Katie Knutson, who finished her first race as a Yellow Jacket, in 25th with a time of 22:36.2 with Aryn Meiners not far behind her in 26th with a time of 22:40.2.
 
For the men Tim Brown came in seventh with a time of 5:20.4 followed by freshman Britton Elkin in eighth (26:42.2). Rounding out the top ten for the men was junior Matt Parker in ninth with a time of 26:52.7.
 
Lincoln Fleischman took 12th finishing the race in 27:16.2, Nolan Maher took 20th finishing in 27:42.1, with Levi Smith close behind in 21st with a time of 27:49.8. David Standish completed his first race as a Yellow Jacket with a time of 27:56.3.
 
Rounding out the pack for the Yellow Jackets were Noah Bordewyk (26th/28:01.3), Hayden Grosz (28th/28:06.1), Addison Red Fox (33rd/28.45.5), and Wyatt Dooley (35th/29:18.2).
 
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The Yellow Jackets host the Gage McSpadden Memorial Friday, September 17th in Spearfish.