The Manitoba Bisons had a very successful start to the 2007 cross country season with two first place finishes in the team standing at the annual Ron Pynn Invitational in Grand Forks, ND on Friday, September 14.

The men's side was two points shy of a perfect score as they swept the top three positions. Fifth year Kristjan Hunter won the 8 km race in a time of 24:53 with rookie Colin Barnett in second and rookie Desire Budigoma finishing in third.

On the women's side, the Bisons won the team title led by fourth year runner Georgette Mink winning the 5km race in a time of 18:24. Rookie Alice Sherwin placed fifth.

Women's Team Scores

• U of Manitoba 49
• CC 51
• UND 57
• JC 95
• BSU 130
• MSU 148
• St. Cloud 180

Women's Individual Scores

• 1 Georgette Mink U of Manitoba 18:24
• 2 Heidi Evans UND 18:49
• 3 Hailey Brenden CC 19:05
• 5 Alice Sherwin U of Manitoba 19:22
• 11 Lacey Ginter U of Manitoba 19:35
• 13 Andrea Hesketh U of Manitoba 19:46
• 19 Alex Bell U of Manitoba 20:00
• 24 Gina Tessmann U of Manitoba 20:14
• 29 Alyssa Altomare U of Manitoba 20:39
• 34 Erin Braun U of Manitoba 20:41
• 45 Lisa Freeman U of Manitoba 21:21
• 46 Julia Sanderson U of Manitoba 21:28

Men's Team Scores

• U of Manitoba 17
• UND 44
• CC 95
• JC 96
• St.Cloud INC
• United Tribes INC

Men's Individual Scores

• 1 Kristjan Hunter U of Manitoba 24:53:00
• 2 Colin Barnett U of Manitoba 25:33:00
• 3 Desire Budigoma U of Manitoba 25:50:00
• 5 Paul Carr U of Manitoba 25:58:00
• 6 Patrice Leclercq U of Manitoba 26:02
• 8 Eric Tranquada U of Manitoba 26:09:00
• 11 Sheldon Kilcullen U of Manitoba 26:22:00
• 13 Mitchell Man U of Manitoba 26:55:00
• 14 Colin Sheppard U of Manitoba 27:21:00
• 15 Tyler Hynes U of Manitoba 27:25:00
• 24 John Amy U of Manitoba 27:54
• 29 Jean-Paul DeGagne U of Manitoba 28:45:00
• 37 Evan Schinkel U of Manitoba 29:36:00
• 43 Barret Hildebrandt U of Manitoba 30:55