NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The regionally-ranked St. Olaf College women's cross country team placed sixth at the NCAA Division III North Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning at St. Olaf Cross Country Course.

Running on its home course in the 32-team field, St. Olaf tied with Macalester College for sixth place with 185 points but won the tiebreaker by virtue of the Oles' No. 3-5 finishers placing ahead of those of the Scots. Fourth-ranked UW-La Crosse (32), No. 18-ranked Carleton College (106), No. 26-ranked UW-Stevens Point (114), No. 27-ranked UW-Eau Claire (143), and regionally-ranked UW-Oshkosh (184) places ahead of the Oles.

St. Olaf entered the race as the No. 5 team in the latest U.S. Track 7 Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) regional poll, as the top-four teams in the regional poll finished in order in the top-four spots. The field for next Saturday's NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, hosted by Carleton, will be announced via press release on NCAA.com on Sunday, Nov. 15.

Juniors Louisa Lamarre and Abi Lindquist led St. Olaf with all-region performances (top 35) on a day where all seven Oles placed in the top 56. Lamarre paced St. Olaf in 15th place in 22:17.8, while Lindquist crossed the line in 29th (22:46.7).

Junior Lizzy Weider and senior Molly DiNardo were also in the top 50 as the Oles' No. 3 and No. 4 finishers, with Weider in 44th (23:04.9) an DiNardo in 45th (23:05.5). First year Stella Powell (52nd, 23:11.4), sophomore Anna Peikert (55th, 23:13.8), and junior Arabella England (56th, 23:18.2) rounded out St. Olaf's finishers, with Peikert running a personal-best six-kilometer time.