NORTHFIELD, Minn. –
Mohammed Bati (SR, Dodola,Ethiopia/GAP School) scored the 15th victory of his 22-race cross country career, winning over a talented field at the St. Olaf College Invitational on Saturday morning.
RESULTS
MEN: Augsburg 1th/16 (339)
WOMEN: Augsburg incomplete team
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• Bati claimed a 5.2-second victory in the 194-runner race in 24:42.5, edging second-place finisher Kevin Turlington of St. Olaf. He has now recorded 16 sub-25-minute 8,000-meter times in his 22 career races.
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Henry Nelson (SR, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS) finished 124th overall (63rd team) in 29:03.7.
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Aaron Sanchez Salazar (FY, Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie HS) took 50 seconds off his previous best time with a 33:35.3 finish,
Tyler Anderson (FY, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) improved by 52 seconds with a 33:44.8 time, and
Tanner Rouillard-Horne (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Harding HS) finished in 41:32.6.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• Three Auggies competed in the 6,000-meter women's race, with
Alwena Brix (SO, Plouay, France/Lycee Jean Mace, Rennes) finishing 172nd in the 209-runner field in 28:33.2.
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Davi Worman (JR, Edina, Minn./Groves Academy) finished in 32:01.7, and
Nathalie Hain (SO, Pfaffenhofen, Germany Schyren-Gymnasium Pfaffenhofen) finished in a personal-best 36:02.8.
UP NEXT
• The Auggies compete at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis.