Black Hills State cross country saw the Yellow Jacket ladies' 2022 season start strong with a first overall finish at the Gage McSpadden Memorial race on Saturday.

In the women's 5k race, the Yellow Jackets scored 31 points to take first, with an overall team time of 1:40.32. 

Xiomara Robinson and Sylvia Brown led the way for BHSU, shattering 5k personal best times in the Yellow Jacket's first-place finish. Robinson would finish first with a personal best time of 18:24.5, followed by Brown coming in second with a personal best mark at 19:02.5. Both ladies held a large lead, as the next racer to cross finished at 19:56.5. 

Freshman Elizabeth Farris recorded a time of 20:39.6 to finish sixth, followed by a tenth-place placement by Evelyn Boyd (21:00.8) to round out the top-ten finishers. 

Katie Turpin (21:25.1) and Katie Knutson (21:26.5) would each take 12th and 13th to round out the Yellow Jacket ladies. 

Up Next: Cross country travels to Chadron, Neb. to compete in the Chadron State Open on Friday, Sept. 16 at 9 a.m.