Bison Women Take 3rd at Summit League Cross Country Championships

Saturday, October 31

St. Paul, Minn.

11 a.m.

North Dakota State

Summit League Championships

Meet Info

Photo by: Andrew Werlinger

10/31/2026 12:05:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Results

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The North Dakota State women's cross country team placed third at the Summit League Championships on Saturday morning. The six-kilometer race was hosted by St. Thomas at Highland 9-Hole Golf Course.

North Dakota won the women's team title with 22 points. South Dakota took second with 60, and the Bison women finished third with 67 points – an improvement of four points over last year.

NDSU has now finished top-three as a team at the Summit League Cross Country Championships 18 straight times since 2009.

Jade Rypkema was the top runner for the Bison, placing eighth overall in a time of 21:00.1 for the 6k. Logan Harz (21:06.9) and Mia Hoffmann (21:14.3) finished 10th and 11th, respectively, for NDSU.

NDSU's Kylie Nelson placed 16th in 21:37.7, and Julia Link completed the team scoring for the Bison in 24th place with a time of 21:59.8.

Rypkema, Harz and Hoffmann each earned All-Summit League second team honors for their top-14 individual finishes.

NDSU freshman Hannah Boese took 33rd place in her conference meet debut.

The Bison will race at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Ames, Iowa, on Nov. 13.