Cedar Rapids, IA - The Vikings traveled to Mount Mercy to compete in the Seminole Valley Stampede to preview the course the conference championship meet will be hosted at. The Women's team was able to place 5th overall with a total score of 102 points while the men's team placed 8th with a total score of 178 points. 

For the men's team they were once again led by Nathan Limas who placed 31st with a time of 27:49, closely followed by Gonzalo Gayton who ran a time of 27:51 which was good enough for 33rd place. Matthew Bonner and Isaac Davis were the next two Vikings to cross the line as they placed 37th and 39th place with times of 28:20 and 28:23. Ahren Davis was the last scoring Viking as he placed 47th overall in a time of 28:50. Jake Buchholtz was next for the Vikings as he placed 56th with a time of 29:43, followed by Seth Diser in 65th place with a time of 30:33. Connor Keller rounded out the meet for the men's team as he placed 74th overall with a time of 31:38. 

On the women's side they saw three Vikings place in the top 15 of the meet lead by Junior Liberty Leis in a time of 20:20 good enough for 12th place. Kalin Rotzoll followed suit as she finished in 13th place with a time fo 20:24, she was closely followed by Avery O'Rourke in 15th place with a time of 20:33. Faith Neeley placed 27th with a time of 21:24 and Melody Reulle closed out the top 5 for the Vikings with a time of 23:10 and 46th place. Avril Maughan ran a time of 26:15 to place 62nd overall in her first cross country race of her career. 

The Vikings will be back in Cedar Rapids in two week, November 4th, to compete for another conference title. The Men will be defending back to back titles while the women's team is looking for their first title in Coach Josephs career. Races are slatted to start at 11AM.