Yellowjacket XC Opens Season at South Dakota 

RAPID CITY, SD – Sophomore Cierra Dornfeld (Woodbury, MN) led the Yellowjacket women in the first cross-country meet of the season.  Dornfeld placed tenth, finishing the 5k course in 22:10.  The Yellowjacket women (1:53:44) finished second at the meet, falling to Black Hills State University (1:42:15). 

Placing 13^th with a time of 22:22 was senior Tiffany Piplica (Riverton, WY), followed by a 17^th place finish of 23:08 by Erin Mueller (Billings, MT).  Kym Island (Columbia Falls, MT) finished with a time of 23:45, placing 19^th.  The winner of the women’s race was Liz Woodruff of Black Hills State with a time of 20:09. 

Leading the way for the Yellowjacket men were Jarred Rensvold (Wolf Point, MT) and Matt Roseberry (Chinook, MT).  Rensvold finished the 8k course 14^th with a time of 29:29.  Roseberry followed in 15^th, with a time of 29:31.  Rounding out the Yellowjackets’ scoring places were Joe Kragt (Worden, MT) in 26^th place with 30:31 and Andy Zoeller (Billings, MT) in 29^th place with 32:23. Taking home the fastest time for the men was James Hansen of Black Hills State with a time 27:01. The men’s team did not have enough runners on this opening weekend to score as a team.  

Women                                                Men
Cierra Dornfeld            22:10               Jarred Rensvold             29:29
Tiffany Piplica             22:22               Matt Rosebury              29:31
Erin Mueller                23:08               Joe Kragt                     30:31
Kym Island                 23:45               Andy Zoeller                 32:23
Kristy Burns                24:23
Colleen Dalimata          24:30
Kisa Kron                    24:58
Bridget Voorhees          25:07
Erin Gannon                 27:07