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SAGA CUP 2026

No. 1 Men's and No. 20 Women's Cross Country Flex Depth in Saga Cup Victories

DECORAH, Iowa — Wartburg College won both team races at the Saga Cup on Friday, Nov. 6, taking the men's 8K with a perfect score of 15 points and in the women's 6K with 18 team points.
The Knights flexed depth on each side as the No. 1 men's team finished first through 22nd individually in a field of five teams, while the No. 20 women's team finished with eight top-ten finishers in a field of seven teams.
Dawson Fricke won the men's 8K in 25:29.3, averaging 5:07.6 per mile. James Maso placed second in the men's 8K with a time of 25:31.5 and a 5:08.1 average mile. Maya Zopel won the women's 6K in 23:09.9, averaging 6:12.8 per mile. Bethany Warren finished second in the women's 6K in 23:18.1 with a 6:15.0 average mile.

Wartburg Individual Results
Men's Results (8K)
1. Fricke - 25:29.3, 1 point
2. Maso - 25:31.5, 2 points
3. Connor Martin - 25:33.9, 3 points
4. Gage Heyne - 25:36.1, 4 points
5. Derek Coulter - 25:36.2, 5 points
6. Kasey Levinsohn - 25:40.5, 6 points
7. Aaron Lursen - 25:41.0, 7 points
8. Henry Nichols - 25:42.0
9. Riley Kuhn - 25:46.2
10. Nathan Kinzer - 25:51.8
11. Hutton Edney - 25:52.0
12. Drew Moser - 25:56.4
13. Aidan Decker - 26:01.8
14. Caden Kueker - 26:02.6
15. Carter Mulford - 26:12.3
16. Alex Horstman - 26:15.5
17. Jakob Regennitter - 26:22.5
18. Luke Hagenberg - 26:25.1
19. Cooper Bankston - 26:28.1
20. Nathan Moore - 26:32.0
21. Simon Wendel - 26:38.4
22. Brendan Owens - 26:42.0
24. Ben Neville - 26:54.2
25. Nolan Wieneke - 26:58.5
26. Dax Duffy - 27:00.7
30. Ryan Heden - 27:04.7
32. Myles Matthias - 27:10.2
36. Austin Soldwisch - 27:23.2
37. Camden Kilker - 27:28.5
48. Jackson Cicchinelli - 27:54.2
50. Adam Wilke - 28:01.1
53. Joel Ramirez-Parra - 28:09.3
54. Toben Edney - 28:12.1
55. Mason Coulter - 28:12.6
60. Jack Behrens - 28:23.9
65. Silas Gann - 28:43.0
82. Jonathan Meyer - 31:15.1
Women's Results (6K)
1. Zopel - 23:09.9, 1 point
2. Warren - 23:18.1, 2 points
4. Marissa Pewe - 23:28.1, 4 points
5. Peyton Morey - 23:29.3, 5 points
6. Ella Johnson - 23:30.4, 6 points
7. Morgan Engel - 23:32.4, 7 points
8. Alyssa Higgins - 23:34.2, 8 points
12. Abbey Angus - 23:48.8
14. Megan Pickar - 23:51.2
15. Nadia Bowden - 23:55.8
16. Jillian Borgelt - 23:59.3
26. Cali Trygstad - 24:50.9
27. Grace Vortherms - 24:52.0
33. Reagan Cogdill - 25:08.3
38. Bryn Wright - 25:29.9
45. Zoe Cordes - 26:01.2
The Knights are in action next at the NCAA Regional Championships in Rock Island, Illinois, on Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon.
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