YANKTON, S.D. – Samantha Rodewald and Wyatt Bly each recorded individual runner-up finishes while the Eagle women also placed second as a program at the Mount Marty Lancer XC Invitational at the Fox Run Golf Course in South Dakota on Thursday.

Rodewald's time of 23:15.6 was 29 seconds behind the race winner and 22 seconds ahead of third place. The time was just four-tenths of a second off Rodewald's season-best and led a trio of top-10 finishers for the CSC women. Ivy Hise ran a personal-best 23:54.3 to finish fifth, exceeding her previous best by nearly 30 seconds, while Katelyn Beshara ran 24:10.6 to place eighth. The rest of Chadron State's scoring five were Kyndall Carnahan (12th, 24:29.2) and Anna Paus (18th, 25:03.4).

Chadron State's 45 points as a team were nine points behind winners South Dakota Mines with 36. Wayne State placed third with 69 points while Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State followed in fourth and fifth.

Bly crossed the line of the men's 8K in 25:57.8, 16 seconds behind his performance at the Battlin' Bears Open two weeks ago. In terms of placing, Bly has finished in the top three at three of his four meets this season, collecting individual thirds at the Gage McSpadden Invite and the Bauer XC Classic before his second place showing on Thursday.

Behind Bly, CSC's next-best finisher was Kaden Boltz in 13th (27:21.8) before Mizaiha Babers Webb (37th, 29:59.6), Boady Hunter (46th, 31:32.1) and David West (50th, 33:16.9) were the next three across. Chadron State's 109 team points on the men's side were good enough for fourth place, behind South Dakota Mines (22), Mount Marty (67) and Wayne State (86). The Eagle men finished ahead of Sioux Falls (112) and Southwest Minnesota State (146).

Chadron State will compete next at the RMAC Cross Country Championships, held in Rapid City on Saturday, November 7.