The Concordia Cardinals Women's Cross country will kick off their season September 1st at the Comet open hosted by Olivet College in Olivet, MI.

Head Coach Dominic Santina opens up his second season as the head coach of Concordia's men's and women's programs and had this to say about the upcoming season.

"I am very excited to get this season going. We have brought in a big and very talented recruiting class that we hope makes an instant impact. Gabi Reinbold, Macee Ripke, Grace Finley, Michaela Kurth and Emma McKinley are five specifically I am excited to see how well they transition. They have a very good opportunity at creating a new core of our team. We also lost no one last year, so we bring back some great women with another year of training under them. Including, Amanda Fogo has put in a great summer of training after being our number two runner most of the season last year. Which hopefully all leads to a healthy season and lets us to starts putting us on the radar of other teams!"

Santina will be joined this year by Graduate Assistant Ryan Excell and Volunteer Coach Madeline Santina.

Concordia Personnel

The Cardinals return six runners from last year's team. Chloe Gunter a junior this year ran a team best of 22:35.0.  Madelyn Ankoviak will also be a returning junior.  Mary Salem will be returning as the only senior this year. Sophomores Alison Doerr, Madisyn Flamini, and Amanda Fogo, now all have a year all college experience and are looking forward to improving in the year ahead.

The Concordia Women's Cross Country team will be introducing 7 freshmen to the squad this year, Rachel Byers, Grace Finley, Elizabeth Hines, Michaela Kurth, Emma Mckinley, Gabriella Reinbold, and Macee Ripke, all look to help the team out in their first season of collegiate athletics.

Fall Schedule

CUAA will kick off the season September 1st at the Comet open hosted by Olivet College. Following on September 15th is the Cardinal Invite at home. Then on the 22nd the team will attend the Lansing Invitational and on October 6th they will be at the Bethel Invite. Wrapping up the season is the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge on October 21st before attending the WHAC Championship on November 3rd location TBA.

Follow Women's Cross country through their season on Twitter @CUAATFXC and Instagram @cuaacxtf