Results

WAVERLY, Iowa – With Hannah Roark '26 and Sindri Bonner '28 making big leaps on the program's all-time leader board, Grinnell College's women's cross country team knocked off a nationally-ranked squad with a runner-up finish at the Wartburg Dan Huston/Steve Johnson Invitational on Saturday.
 
The Pioneers, who are unranked nationally and fifth in the Midwest Region, rolled up 89 points to beat third-place Gustavus Adolphus College and fourth-place Wartburg. The latter is ranked 20^th nationally and third in the region.
 
The only team to outdo the Pioneers in the 15-team field was Central College, ranked 28^th nationally and fourth in the region. The Dutch were just 28 points ahead of Grinnell with 61.
 
Roark was sixth of more than 200 runners, running the 6-kilometer course in 22 minutes, 48.2 seconds. That boosted her from 15^th to 13^th on Grinnell's all-time chart. Bonner was 10^th in 23:02.4, moving from 41^st to 18^th on the career list.
 
The rest of the Pioneers' scoring pack finished 23^rd, 27^th and 28^th with Arushi Kharbanda '29 (24:02.1), Lizzie Drew (24:09.3) and Emma Wharton-Hsieh '27 (24:10.2). respectively. Also for Grinnell, Talia Harrison '26 was 28^th in 24:11.1 and Tennyson Shultz '28 took 30^th in 24:15.1.
 
The individual champ was Molly Liston of Gustavus in 21:45.7.