It turned out to be a pretty eventful first meet of the season for Ripon College for both the men and the women. The women turned in a second place performance out of 10 other collegiate teams, finishing with a score of 94, just eight points back of the winner, St. Scholastica. The Red Hawk women managed to score better than four other Midwest Conference schools, all of whom finished third through sixth. The host team St. Norbert was followed by Carroll, Lake Forest, and Lawrence.

Brittany Dick led all Red Hawk runners with a 5K time of 19:23, which was good enough for second place among all 116 runners. Jessica Davey wasn't far behind, finishing 13th with a time of 20:56. Rebecca Duley and Sarah Leeman finished back-to-back at 24th and 25th, as each ran identical times of 21:34. Whitney Levash, Erin Beggs, and Angie Hein also finished in the top 50 for individual times.

The men's team did their best to outdo the women, finishing second out of nine teams, with a score of 59, which was 24 behind the winner, St. Norbert. Of the 93 runners that finished the race for the men, two Red Hawks placed in the top 10. Bryan Schneider led the way with a second place finish with a 4-mile time of 21:03, while Jim Hein finished seventh with a time of 21:40. Harrison Smith and Aaron Kammer were also in the top 20, running times of 21:59 and 22:22, respectively.

Next up for the Red Hawks will be a meet next weekend at Carroll College. That Invitational will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 9th.