GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Northern Michigan cross country team opened the season at the Phoenix Open on Friday, finishing in 6th place of 10 teams. 

Two sophomores recorded top-25 finishes. Dani Van Lente was the first Wildcat across the finish line, recording a time of 23:05.2 for 19th place. Not far behind that was Emma Sweeney finishing in 24th at a time of 23:16.1. 

The Wildcats had five others finish in the top 50. Lamar Gordon took 39th (23:41.1), Celia Wallace finished in 40th in her first collegiate race (23:43.4), Lola Korpi crossed in 43rd in her Wildcat debut (23:48.5), Anya Vansweden, also in her first race, took 48th (23:55.1), and Beverly Harper crossed in 50th place (24:00.1). 

Winona State took first place as a team, followed by Purdue Fort Wayne and St. Thomas. Individually, UW-Milwaukee's Anelise Egge took the victory with a time of 21:39.5. 

Full results can be found here. 


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