MIAC Release

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Bethel University's Marie Borner (Sr., Cottage Grove, Minn.) has been named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her performance last weekend.

Borner won her third consecutive meet to start the season as she won the 24th annual Roy Griak Invitational title this past weekend. She finished first in the field of 500 runners in the Maroon Division III race. Borner's time of 21:37 was 13 seconds ahead of rival Ayla Mitchell, and would have been fourth overall in the Division I race. Her time is also more than 20 seconds better than her time in the same race a year ago. Borner's performance also helped Bethel University to finish fourth as a team in the meet. This was Borner's first Griak title after having finished second the past two seasons at the University of Minnesota's annual meet.

The Royals next meet is the Blugold Invitational, scheduled for this Friday at the Colfax Golf Course in Colfax, Wis., beginning at 5 p.m.