GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Montana Tech's cross country teams battled against some of the best teams in the country Saturday at the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge. 

The 17th-ranked Oredigger women cruised to a seventh-place finish in the stacked field at Grand Rapids' Riverside Park, led by Kamryn Comba's 24th-place finish. The senior covered the 5-kilometer course in 18:31.0. 

Classmate Alyssa Jany came across the line close behind, finishing 26th in 18:32.6, while freshman Mya Green also clocked into the top 40 at 18:49.9 for 38th place. 

Freshman Amy Broek (73rd, 19:09.0) and sophomore Bella Bermingham (88th, 19:20.5) closed out the scoring five for Tech. 

Freshmen Kendra Jensen (117th, 19:38.1) and Ryleigh Kleinke (162nd, 20:42.2) also competed for the Orediggers. 

The Tech women topped a trio of ranked teams Saturday in host and No. 12-ranked Aquinas, No. 20 Carroll, and No. 22 Lewis-Clark State. 

On the men's side, graduate student Justin Morgan led the way with a seventh-place finish. He raced the 8k course in 24:32.3 to help Montana Tech to a 19th-place team result. 

Senior Ben Zerr crossed the line 65th in 25:32.2, followed by sophomore Bryon Fanning in 119th (25:58.2), freshman Michael Marlow in 123rd (25:59.4), and freshman Noah Miller in 156th (26:35.2). 

Freshmen Tyler Inabnit (167th, 26:49.5) and Layne Niemeyer (178th, 26:59.6) polished off the race for the Orediggers. 

Montana Tech now looks ahead to the Frontier Conference championship meet, scheduled for Friday, November 7 in Billings. 

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