University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, September 12
Green Bay, Wis.
11:30 a.m. CT
at
Phoenix Open
Tommies place five among top nine to win Phoenix Open
9/12/2026 3:54:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
Olivia Pauly paces St. Thomas followed by Lindsay Berg in third in Green Bay, Wis.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The University of St. Thomas women's cross-country team smashed its season opener Saturday morning as five Tommies finished among the top nine runners at the Phoenix Open in Green Bay, Wis.
Junior Olivia Pauly paced the Tommies with the individual title in a time of 22:18.3 while sophomore Lindsay Berg placed third overall in 22:21.5. As a team, the top five Tommies finished with 49 points for the team win.
TOP TOMMIES
Olivia Pauly
- Won the 6,000-meter race with a time of 22:18.3 and a score of 1.
Lindsay Berg
- Finished third in the 6K in 22:21.5 and posted a score of 3.
Olivia Goebel
- Placed seventh in the 6K with a time of 22:51.7 and a score of 7.
Anna VanAcker
- Finished eighth in the 6K in 22:52.4 and recorded a score of 8.
Miley Clark
- Placed ninth in the 6K with a time of 22:58.5 and a score of 10.
QUOTEABLES
Head Coach Ashley Lucas's thoughts following the season-opening Phoenix Open:
"Today served its purpose of being a nice rust buster for us. We really wanted to be controlled the first half of the race and then push the second half. A big emphasis for us was packing up and taking strength in our teammates and I think we accomplished that well. It was great to see some purple packs. It was great for Olivia (Pauly) to get the individual win and for the team to get the win. I think the freshmen also opened up really well and ran with a lot of confidence. We still obviously have work to do, but I am happy with where we are at right now."
UP NEXT
The women's and men's squads compete next on Friday, Sept. 18 at the Cyclone Open hosted by Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.
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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Junior Olivia Pauly paced the Tommies with the individual title in a time of 22:18.3 while sophomore Lindsay Berg placed third overall in 22:21.5. As a team, the top five Tommies finished with 49 points for the team win.
TOP TOMMIES
Olivia Pauly
- Won the 6,000-meter race with a time of 22:18.3 and a score of 1.
Lindsay Berg
- Finished third in the 6K in 22:21.5 and posted a score of 3.
Olivia Goebel
- Placed seventh in the 6K with a time of 22:51.7 and a score of 7.
Anna VanAcker
- Finished eighth in the 6K in 22:52.4 and recorded a score of 8.
Miley Clark
- Placed ninth in the 6K with a time of 22:58.5 and a score of 10.
QUOTEABLES
Head Coach Ashley Lucas's thoughts following the season-opening Phoenix Open:
"Today served its purpose of being a nice rust buster for us. We really wanted to be controlled the first half of the race and then push the second half. A big emphasis for us was packing up and taking strength in our teammates and I think we accomplished that well. It was great to see some purple packs. It was great for Olivia (Pauly) to get the individual win and for the team to get the win. I think the freshmen also opened up really well and ran with a lot of confidence. We still obviously have work to do, but I am happy with where we are at right now."
UP NEXT
The women's and men's squads compete next on Friday, Sept. 18 at the Cyclone Open hosted by Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.
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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