Saturday, September 20
Lincoln, Neb.
10:00 AM
Creighton University
at
Woody Greeno/Dirksen Cross-Country Invitational
Owen Marett
Photo by: Jay Slagle
Rorick Leads Women to Fourth-Place Finish as Cross Country Tops Huskers at Woody Greeno
9/20/2025 11:46:00 AM | Men's Cross Country / Track, Women's Cross Country / Track
Rorick & Marett lead CU again
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Taylor Rorick posted her second straight top-10 finish to lead the Creighton Cross Country teams at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invite on Saturday at Mahoney Park Golf Course in Lincoln.
"We had solid performance from both teams and some standout individual results," said Creighton head coach Chris Gannon.Â
Rorick placed fourth in 17:53.05 on the 5K course, 15 days after she finished ninth at the Platte River Rumble "Gold" race. Trailing Rorick on the Bluejay side were freshmen Reyna Heisserer (18:25.84) in 20th place and Atlee Wallman (18:37.92) in 28th place. Rounding out CU's scoring line-up were Alexis Leone (39th; 18:56.16) and Anika Nettekoven (41st; 18:56.49).
Northern Colorado's Regina Mpigachai won the 235-person women's race in 17:08.94, cruising to victory over the likes of Wichita State's Lucy Ndungu (17:42.37), Missouri's Charlotte Cullen (17:51.43) and Rorick.
"Tay had a fantastic race, the best race of her career thus far," said Gannon. "She executed well and fought off a challenge late. Reyna and Atlee both handled a much bigger race well. Alexis, Anika, Soph and Kath had improved performances from two weeks ago."
Missouri won the women's race with 76 points, edging Nebraska-Kearney's 93 for the team title. Wichita State (94) placed third, while Creighton (127) and Northwest Missouri State (132) rounded out the top five in the 22-team race. Nebraska (192) took seventh and Omaha (224) was eighth.
The CU men placed eighth in the 23-team field with 222 points, finishing ahead of event co-hosts Nebraska (12th; 342 points) and Nebraska Wesleyan (13th; 350 points). Wichita State and Missouri both placed four runners in the top 10, with the Shockers (35) edging Mizzou (49) by 14 points for the team title. Air Force, which entered the day ranked 24th nationally, finished in third place with 53 points.
"Overall the group running their first 8k handled it well, added Gannon. "Our men's team ran a much tighter pack, down to a 34 second spread through our scoring five. Owen ran a phenomenal race. Lucas and Andrew ran well again and then we got performances we had been expecting from Cole, Eli and Sam."
Owen Marett led Creighton for the second time in as many races as the freshman finished the 8K course in 25:23.87, good for 31st place. Fellow freshman Andrew Sauer once again performed as CU's No. 2 runner, finishing 51st in 25:49.98. Not far behind Sauer were veterans Eli Moore (54th; 25:53.32), Lucas Bossinger (59th; 25:57.74) and Sam Berlinghof (60th; 25:58.71).
Wichita State's Elkana Kipruto (23:55.73) topped the field of 316 competitors, finishing ahead of Mizzou's Elijah Limo (24:13.74) to win the men's race.
"We sat a couple of our top runners on both sides and hope to get people fully healthy to keep building towards our goal races," noted Gannon. "We need to still tighten things a bit, especially on the ladies side but we are in a good place for where we are in our training block."Â
The Bluejays are back in action on Oct. 3 at the SDSU Classic in Brookings, S.D.
Creighton Women's Results
102  Scarlett Pearlman 20:05.31
152  Claire Pyne 21:08.51
Creighton Men's Results
"We had solid performance from both teams and some standout individual results," said Creighton head coach Chris Gannon.Â
Rorick placed fourth in 17:53.05 on the 5K course, 15 days after she finished ninth at the Platte River Rumble "Gold" race. Trailing Rorick on the Bluejay side were freshmen Reyna Heisserer (18:25.84) in 20th place and Atlee Wallman (18:37.92) in 28th place. Rounding out CU's scoring line-up were Alexis Leone (39th; 18:56.16) and Anika Nettekoven (41st; 18:56.49).
Northern Colorado's Regina Mpigachai won the 235-person women's race in 17:08.94, cruising to victory over the likes of Wichita State's Lucy Ndungu (17:42.37), Missouri's Charlotte Cullen (17:51.43) and Rorick.
"Tay had a fantastic race, the best race of her career thus far," said Gannon. "She executed well and fought off a challenge late. Reyna and Atlee both handled a much bigger race well. Alexis, Anika, Soph and Kath had improved performances from two weeks ago."
Missouri won the women's race with 76 points, edging Nebraska-Kearney's 93 for the team title. Wichita State (94) placed third, while Creighton (127) and Northwest Missouri State (132) rounded out the top five in the 22-team race. Nebraska (192) took seventh and Omaha (224) was eighth.
The CU men placed eighth in the 23-team field with 222 points, finishing ahead of event co-hosts Nebraska (12th; 342 points) and Nebraska Wesleyan (13th; 350 points). Wichita State and Missouri both placed four runners in the top 10, with the Shockers (35) edging Mizzou (49) by 14 points for the team title. Air Force, which entered the day ranked 24th nationally, finished in third place with 53 points.
"Overall the group running their first 8k handled it well, added Gannon. "Our men's team ran a much tighter pack, down to a 34 second spread through our scoring five. Owen ran a phenomenal race. Lucas and Andrew ran well again and then we got performances we had been expecting from Cole, Eli and Sam."
Owen Marett led Creighton for the second time in as many races as the freshman finished the 8K course in 25:23.87, good for 31st place. Fellow freshman Andrew Sauer once again performed as CU's No. 2 runner, finishing 51st in 25:49.98. Not far behind Sauer were veterans Eli Moore (54th; 25:53.32), Lucas Bossinger (59th; 25:57.74) and Sam Berlinghof (60th; 25:58.71).
Wichita State's Elkana Kipruto (23:55.73) topped the field of 316 competitors, finishing ahead of Mizzou's Elijah Limo (24:13.74) to win the men's race.
"We sat a couple of our top runners on both sides and hope to get people fully healthy to keep building towards our goal races," noted Gannon. "We need to still tighten things a bit, especially on the ladies side but we are in a good place for where we are in our training block."Â
The Bluejays are back in action on Oct. 3 at the SDSU Classic in Brookings, S.D.
Creighton Women's Results
4 Taylor Rorick 17:53.05
20Â Reyna Heisserer 18:25.84
28Â Â Atlee Wallman 18:37.92
39  Alexis Leone 18:56.16
41  Anika Nettekoven 18:56.49
53  Katherine Soule 19:16.58
56 Sophia Valentine 19:18.21
78Â Â Sophia Redler 19:45.66
109Â Â Molly Rogers 20:12.14
Creighton Men's Results
54Â Â Eli Moore 25:53.32
59Â Â Lucas Bossinger 25:57.74
60Â Â Sam Berlinghof 25:58.71
95Â Â Cole Haith 26:25.68
99Â Â Dominic Ricci 26:29.06
107Â Â Conor Gross 26:42.57
133Â Â Jonathan Lukas 27:05.95
142Â Â Gus Lampe 27:15.38
151 Matthew Lindgren 27:33.71
155Â Â Michael Bianco 27:35.60
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