Alverno College Athletics - Home of the Inferno

Leading the way was freshman Katie Renteria (New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower) with an 18th place finish of 84 runners and time of 25:33.7.  Renteria's time was nearly a minute faster than her previous best from just two weeks ago, and places her second all-time in Alverno's record books for the 6K distance.

GREENFIELD, Wis. -- The Alverno College women's cross country team placed seventh of 15 teams at the Warrior Invitational hosted by Wisconsin Lutheran College at Greenfield Park.

Alverno tied fellow Northern Athletics Conference member Maranatha Baptist at seventh place with 225 team points. Judson University (Ill.) won the team title with 45 points, while host Wisconsin Lutheran was the top NAC team at 141 points. Two NAC teams, Benedictine University and MSOE, finished below the Inferno at 10th and 11th place, respectively.

MEQUON, Wis. -- The Alverno College cross country team finished ninth in their first 6K race of the season at Concordia University Wisconsin, the course they will return to for the Northern Athletics Conference Women’s cross country championship in late October.

Head Coach Tim Hanson was pleased with the effort from his team, "We really ran well for our first 6K of the year," said Hanson.  "I was also happy with Katie Renteria, Kelly Schmidt, and Tess Kieselhorst, as this was their first 6K race ever."

WAUKESHA, Wis. -- On an unusually warm September morning, the Alverno College cross country team grabbed a Northern Athletics Conference-high sixth place finish in Carroll University’s Pioneer Invitational, held at Minooka Park.

In addition to the heat, the Inferno had to manage a slightly tougher course than they’re used to, battling a number of hills and slow spots throughout the run.  Despite these conditions, Alverno head coach Tim Hanson was impressed with how his team ran.  “Given the conditions, it was great to see our runners maintain similar times to those of last week’s race,” said Hanson.  “It’s a great way to know that we’re improving.”

Two NAC teams, Maranatha Baptist and MSOE, placed below the Inferno in the meet, both of whom finished higher in last year’s NAC Championship.