Milwaukee, Wisc.- School history was made in Wisconsin as both the Judson University men's and women's cross country programs won the Wisconsin Lutheran Invitational. Running in the rain on a curvy and hilly course did not slow these teams down.

The women finished with 45 points just beating out Viterbo (52) while the men's team scored 82 points to edge out the Milwaukee School of Engineering (88).

On the women's side, Judson took first overall as Rachel Dean was the top runner taking third with at time of 24:09. Kim Peek was ninth at 25:01, Ana Garcia 10^th (25:17), Morgan Kimball 13^th (25:29), and Kristal Pitts 14^th (25:30). Following Pitts were Sandra Hubbard in 21^st (26:10), Abby DuPont 33^rd (26:52), Stephanie Belokon 37^th (27:37) and rounding off the top 50 was Lisa Reitz 48^th (28:03). Also finishing was Lauren Strohmaier 90^th (32:08), Shannon McNab 92^nd (32:37), Katie Rose 93^rd (32:51), Murphy Kurth 95^th (33:26), Sharon Hubbard 108^th (36:38) and Sarah DeDe 109^th (36:51). There were 113 runners in this race.

The men also finished first out of 15 teams winning their first Championship. Dakota West was the top runner for Judson in the 8K race with a time of 28:20 in 12^th place. Zach Adams was 13^th at 28:26, Nate Nevius 16^th (28:47), Luke Kierys 18^th (29:08), Kyle Julian 26^th 29:40. Following Julian was Tim Ciochon in 29^th (29:47), Ethan Hahn 55^th (31:19), Scott McCracken 63^rd (31:45), and Josh Angliss finished at 89^th (34:36). The team outscored the second place team by just six points with a score of 82.

The teams will race again next Saturday at the UWisconsin-Kenosha Lucian Rosa Invitational.