COLLEGE STATION, Texas – North Dakota ran in the Arturo Barrios Invitational on the campus of Texas A&M on Friday morning and beat out five Power 4 teams. The UND men finished 21st out of 38 teams with 563 points in the 8K, while the NoDak women were 21st out of 41 teams with 617 points in the 6K.

In the men's 8K, all of the point scorers for UND posted PRs and the Fighting Hawks beat out the Power 4 schools of Houston, Baylor and Arizona State. Ian Busche led the way for NoDak and took 78th with a time of 23:58.7. Matej Hrebacka (81st, 24:00.0) and Aleksa Milanovic (120th, 24:20.1) were the second and third Hawks to cross the finish line. Louis-Lys Fanucchi (147th) and Jonas Weschle (181st) were also in the top-200 with times of 24:32.1 and 24:45.8, respectively. Ethan Kimmel clocked a time of 24:54.4 to finish 204th, while Cian Nagle was 211th in 24:56.0.

All of the point scorers for the North Dakota women also recorded personal-bests and the team finished quicker than the Power 4 schools of Houston and Arizona State. Eliana Malnourie was the top finisher for NoDak with a time of 20:20.1 to take 45th. Naja Weiler was also in the top-100 and finished 67th with a time of 20:41.5. Frida Giersdorff (21:46.7) and Olivia Correale (21:56.9) were also in the top-200 and took 176th and 195th, respectively. Gabrielle Wahl clocked a time of 22:07.1 and was 213th. Elle Sondag (248th, 22:30.0) and Rachel Hughes (279th, 22:46.2) rounded out the scoring for the Hawks.

How It Happened
UND Point Scorers (6K)
45. Eliana Malnourie – 20:20.1
67. Naja Weiler – 20:41.5
176. Frida Giersdorff – 21:46.7
195. Olivia Correale – 21:56.9
213. Gabrielle Wahl – 22:07.1
248. Elle Sondag – 22:30.0
279. Rachel Hughes – 22:46.2

UND Point Scorers (8K)
78. Ian Busche – 23:58.7
81. Matej Hrebacka – 24:00.0
120. Aleksa Milanovic – 24:20.1
147. Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 24:32.1
181. Jonas Weschle – 24:45.8
204. Ethan Kimmel – 24:54.4
211. Cian Nagle – 24:56.0

Post-Meet Notes
* UND's men finished 21st out of 38 teams in the 8K with 563 points. The Fighting Hawks finished quicker than the Power 4 schools of Houston, Baylor and Arizona State.
* North Dakota's women took 21st out of 41 teams in the 6K with 617 points. NoDak beat out the Power 4 schools of Houston and Arizona State.
* All seven of the point scorers for the Fighting Hawk men recorded personal-bests. Ian Busche, Ethan Kimmel and Cian Nagle each clocked PRs of over a minute, while Matej Hrebacka, Aleksa Milanovic, Louis-Lys Fanucchi and Jonas Weschle all finished with improvements of over 30 seconds.
* All of the point scorers for the UND women posted PRs. Eliana Malnourie, Naja Weiler, Gabrielle Wahl and Rachel Hughes each clocked new personal-bests of over a minute. Olivia Correale also had a PR of over half a minute.

Up Next
North Dakota will now turn its attention to the Summit League Championships in Vermillion on Saturday, Nov. 2.