BILLINGS, Mont. – BHSU cross country hit their stride once again on Friday afternoon as both the men's and women's squads secured first-place team finishes.
 
The Yellow Jacket men's group finished their 8k race with a total time of 2:06:26 (26 points), while the women clocked out of their 5k at 1:34:13 (49 points).
 
The men's squad consisted of six total BHSU runners who placed in the top ten. Sophomore Tim Brown (24:45.9) led the way for the Yellow Jacket men in a second-place finish that was only 1.7 seconds behind the first-place finisher. Matt Parker (25:04.3) was the next Yellow Jacket to cross the finish line for third, while Lincoln Fleischman (25:23.6), Britton Elkin (25:34.7), Hayden Grosz (25:38.4), and Keith Osowski (25:40.6) took places six through ninth, in order. Mason Swingholm (25:49.4) claimed 12^th while freshman Justyn France (25:59.0) completed the race in 15^th. David Standish (26:07.5) and Marcos Valerio (26:24.6) took 17^th and 18^th, respectively, while Levi Smith (26:36.3) took 21^st. Reese Charest (26:50.8) rounded out the Yellow Jacket men with a 24^th place time.  

Xiomara Robinson (17:25.0) led the ladies with a fourth-place finish, topping her personal best 5k time that she set at the Gage McSpadden Memorial race (18:24.5) at the beginning of the season. Sylvia Brown (18:07.8) also beat her personal best mark in her sixth-place performance this afternoon. Freshmen Evie Boyd (19:29.4), Katie Turpin (19:35.3), and Elizabeth Farris (19:36.3) all recorded personal best times and finished 14^th, 15^th, and 16^th, respectively. Katie Knutson (20:09.8) finished in 25^th to wrap up the Yellow Jacket's lineup for the women's 5k run.
 
Up Next
The BHSU men's and women's squads head to Tacoma, Wash. for the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. Following the NCAA meet, the Yellow Jackets will prepare for the RMAC Championships in Durango, Colo. on Saturday, Nov. 5.