ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- In a competitive, fast environment, the North Park University cross country teams posted a number of personal records (PR's) at the Augustana College Invitation this past Saturday.

 Women:

  Pati Miazek - 45th place (22:57.9)

  Ellen Lindberg - 179th place (26:46.2)

  Anibel Palm - 187th place (27:05.8)

  Jackie Mendro - 202nd place (28:13.3)

 Men: 

  Sean Sanaghan - 156th place (27:25.2)

  Brenner Klein - 168th place (27:50.9)

  Peter Swanberg - 212th place (30:01.4)

  Luis Chavez - 226th place (33:24)

Personal Records: 

Women - Ellen Lindberg (26:46.2), Ani Palm (27:05.8), Jackie Mendro (28:13.3), Emma Klein (29:54.7), Moa Svendsen (30:32.9), Julia Pogue (33:13.0), Ellie Joing (33:42.7), Kathleen Tkoletz (34:48.7), and Grace Heppner (37:20.2). Lucy Plunkett ran a season best of 31:39.7. 

Men - Sean Sanaghan (27:25.2), Brenner Klein (27:50.9), Peter Swanberg (30:01.4), Luis Chavez (33:24.0), Christian Lamberty (33:28.1), Jasy Lopez (34:13.7), Amando Gomez (35:23.7)

Highlights - It's difficult to point out one or two highlights as the Vikings had nine massive PR's on the women's side (improving by an average of 1 minute and 32.6 seconds) and seven  on the men's side (improving by an average of 1 minute and 20 seconds).

Coach Alex Rosenau's Quote:

Going in, we knew this could be a very fast day given the great weather, fast competition, and a very flat (and traditionally fast) course. There were six nationally ranked teams competing here on both the men's and women's side (including #1 and #2 on the men's side and #2, #3, #5, and #9 on the women's side) so we knew it would be a very talented and deep field. We knew the field would come out fast so we were aggressive when it came to putting together our race plans. Our focus was to stay on the gas in the middle of the race and trust that our training and fitness would carry us to the finish line. As a coach, you rarely see an entire team performance like we saw here so I am excited for the confidence we'll have as we head towards the CCIW championship meet in a couple of weeks.