MOORHEAD, Minn. – The first Cross Country meet for Valley City State is in the books. The Vikings were in Moorhead to compete in the MSU-M Dragon Invite. The men were lead by Mason Brehmer and the women were paced by Karly Just. Both runners set school standards at the meet.

For the women, senior Karly Just placed seventh overall and was the top non D1 runner in the field. Her time of 17:54.8 set a new school record in the 5K. Freshman Frida Barrera placed 15^th with a time of 18:46.4 which puts her in fourth place all-time in the 5K. Freshman Paiton Flick was 30^th with a time of 19:51.8

On the men's side, junior Mason Brehmer placed 17^th with a time of 18:38.1 which set a new school record in the 6K. Freshman Kole Albers was not far behind. He placed 19^th with a time of 18:53. In 21^st place was sophomore Zach Baumgartner with a time of 19:08.5. Sophomore Tate Minnihan was 25^th with a time of 19:32.0 and senior Isaac Eichhorst was 32^nd with a time of 20:29.3.

As a team, the Vikings placed 4^th overall.

UP NEXT: The Vikings have a couple of weeks off before heading to Medora, N.D. for the Blue Hawk Invitational hosted by Dickinson State on September 20^th.