WINTHROP, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris women's cross country team placed sixth at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday afternoon in Winthrop, Minn.
 
Crown College won the conference title with a score of 38. The Cougars placed sixth, just seven points behind fifth-place Bethany Lutheran College. Emery Maki of the University of Northwestern won the meet with a time of 23:04.8.
 
Erin Thesing led the Cougars with a time of 26:54.6, setting a new personal record. The first-year student-athlete finished 27th overall. Megan Widell and Ava Miller followed Thesing to round out the Cougars' top three finishers.
 
Women's Results
 
27                    Erin Thesing                           26:54.6 (PR)
33                    Megan Widell                         27:50.3
37                    Ava Miller                               28:02.7
40                    Lindsey Hause                       28:11.9
43                    Isabelle Derhak                      28:48.9
 
The Cougars will compete at the NCAA Division III Regional Championships on Nov. 14.