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Ruth Steinke capped her spectacular junior season with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. That result propelled the Carleton College women s team to 14th out of the 32 teams competing at the national meet. This ...

Nov 22nd 2014, 9:12pm 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Knights Win Central Region Championships, Secure Bid to Nationals

The Carleton College women s cross country team has been ranked first in the region all season long, and the Knights lived up to that billing as they posted the team victory at the NCAA Central Regional Championships. That result guarantees the Knights...

Nov 16th 2014, 2:06am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

MIAC Champion Ruth Steinke Roots for Rival at Conference Meet

In sports, it is typical for teammates to encourage one another in competition. It is less common, however, for the same interaction to occur between individuals from opposing schools. But that is just what happened at this year s MIAC Cross Country Ch...

Nov 14th 2014, 6:01pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Ruth Steinke Tabbed MIAC Athlete-of-the-Year & Donna Ricks Voted MIAC Coach-of-the-Year

Following her individual title at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships, junior Ruth Steinke was tabbed for the MIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete-of-the-Year award. Her coach, Donna Ricks, was also honored for the Knig...

Nov 10th 2014, 3:18pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Knights Defend MIAC Crown; Ruth Steinke Grabs Individual Title

With junior Ruth Steinke leading the way, the Carleton College women s cross country team won its second straight MIAC Championship Crown. This was the Knights seventh overall MIAC title and third over the last four years.

Nov 2nd 2014, 3:14am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

MIAC Cross Country Championships Preview

The 2014 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Cross Country Championships will be Saturday, Nov. 1 at Como Golf Course. The eight-kilometer men s race will begin at 2:15 p.m. with the women tackling the six-kilometer course at 3:15 p.m.

Nov 1st 2014, 3:32am 781 views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Knights Settle in at No. 14 in National Rankings

The Carleton College women s cross country team finds itself listed at No. 14 in the USTFCCCA s final regular-season national rankings. The Knights are coming off a solid performance at the UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational

Oct 23rd 2014, 4:26am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Ruth Steinke Secures Another MIAC Weekly Award

The Carleton College women's cross country continues to assert itself as a regional and national power, and its latest performance at the star-studded UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational was another step in the right direction. Junior Ruth Steinke ran a career...

Oct 22nd 2014, 4:51am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

No. 12-Ranked Knights grab 13th at UW-Oshkosh Invite

The No. 12-ranked Carleton College women s cross country team took on a high quality field at the UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational on Saturday. Despite missing two of the team's top runners, the Knights were able to string together a series of person-best p...

Oct 19th 2014, 3:25am 960 views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Ruth Steinke Runs Away With First MIAC Athlete-of-the-Week Honor

Friday was quite a day for the Carleton College women's cross country team and junior Ruth Steinke. The Knights defeated a total of five nationally-ranked Division II and III teams to win the UWEC Blugold Invitational, and Steinke ran to a first-place ...

Oct 7th 2014, 9:29pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments