University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, September 19
Falcon Heights, Minn.
10:00 a.m. CT
vs
Roy Griak Invitational
Photo by: Patrick Hart
Adam Lueth paces Men’s Cross Country to 7th place finish at Roy Griak Invite
9/19/2025 1:51:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
Olivia Pauly takes 33rd to lead St. Thomas women
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. – St. Thomas cross country completed the 39th Roy Griak Invitational Friday hosted by the University of Minnesota. The Tommie men finished seventh overall with an average time of 27:03 on the 8,000-meter course while the women placed eighth with an average time of 23:21 during the 6,000-meter race at the Les Bolstad Golf Course.
MEN'S RECAP:
Juniors Adam Lueth and Max Westerlund finished within two spots of each other to pace the men, Lueth taking 47th for 39 points in 26:39.5 and Westerlund placing 49th for 41 points in 26:42.7. Freshman Casey Poppler took 53rd (26:53.2/44 points) followed by sophomore Ethan Foote in 67th (27:25.8/51 points) and junior Joe McNeil (27:34.7/54 points) for the top five scoring Tommies.
WOMEN'S RECAP:
Sophomore Olivia Pauly led the Tommie Women for the second straight meet, finishing 33rd with a time of 22:53.7 to record 28 points. Freshman Lindsay Berg followed in 23:04.5 to place 37th (32 points) with sophomore Sophie Yetter placing 45th (23:19.2/38 points), freshman Layla Vennink in 58th (23:38.4/50 points), and junior Elsie Kmecak rounding out the top five in 75th (23:54.0/57 points).
QUOTEABLES
Head Coach Pete Wareham's thoughts following the Roy Griak Invitational:
"Today was our first full team meet and the guys did well. I liked the way we competed as a group and the momentum that we were able to build. I think we are building good daily habits and that will be key for us. All teams try to peak in late October and we will be ready at that time of the season."
Head Coach Ashley Lucas's thoughts following the team's 6K race:
"I thought today was a decent day. Some super solid performances and some that I know could have been better. I thought Olivia Pauly and Lindsay Berg ran tremendously and we had a lot of returners crush what they have done in the past (Olivia Goebel, Chiara White, Anna Boland and Emmy Schulz, to name a few). We packed up well and used that to our advantage. Now we rest up and recover from this race and set our sights on what's next and getting better one percent every day."
UP NEXT
St. Thomas competes next on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Joe Piane Invitational in South Bend, Ind., hosted by the University of Notre Dame.
FOLLOW ALONG
For more information on St. Thomas Cross Country, follow along on X (formerly Twitter) at @TommieXCTF. For more information on St. Thomas Men's and Women's Cross Country, follow along on Instagram at @tommiemtfxc and @tommiewxctf. Tommie Athletics is now on TikTok at @TommieSports.
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MEN'S RECAP:
Juniors Adam Lueth and Max Westerlund finished within two spots of each other to pace the men, Lueth taking 47th for 39 points in 26:39.5 and Westerlund placing 49th for 41 points in 26:42.7. Freshman Casey Poppler took 53rd (26:53.2/44 points) followed by sophomore Ethan Foote in 67th (27:25.8/51 points) and junior Joe McNeil (27:34.7/54 points) for the top five scoring Tommies.
WOMEN'S RECAP:
Sophomore Olivia Pauly led the Tommie Women for the second straight meet, finishing 33rd with a time of 22:53.7 to record 28 points. Freshman Lindsay Berg followed in 23:04.5 to place 37th (32 points) with sophomore Sophie Yetter placing 45th (23:19.2/38 points), freshman Layla Vennink in 58th (23:38.4/50 points), and junior Elsie Kmecak rounding out the top five in 75th (23:54.0/57 points).
QUOTEABLES
Head Coach Pete Wareham's thoughts following the Roy Griak Invitational:
"Today was our first full team meet and the guys did well. I liked the way we competed as a group and the momentum that we were able to build. I think we are building good daily habits and that will be key for us. All teams try to peak in late October and we will be ready at that time of the season."
Head Coach Ashley Lucas's thoughts following the team's 6K race:
"I thought today was a decent day. Some super solid performances and some that I know could have been better. I thought Olivia Pauly and Lindsay Berg ran tremendously and we had a lot of returners crush what they have done in the past (Olivia Goebel, Chiara White, Anna Boland and Emmy Schulz, to name a few). We packed up well and used that to our advantage. Now we rest up and recover from this race and set our sights on what's next and getting better one percent every day."
UP NEXT
St. Thomas competes next on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Joe Piane Invitational in South Bend, Ind., hosted by the University of Notre Dame.
FOLLOW ALONG
For more information on St. Thomas Cross Country, follow along on X (formerly Twitter) at @TommieXCTF. For more information on St. Thomas Men's and Women's Cross Country, follow along on Instagram at @tommiemtfxc and @tommiewxctf. Tommie Athletics is now on TikTok at @TommieSports.
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