WINFIELD, Kan. - Both Thresher Cross Country squads came in 10th in the KCAC Preseason Poll and finished better than their rankings as the women finished 5th and the men 6th.

The Thresher women' established a 6K school record for average time at 26:14 as all finishers PR'd in the race.

Bethany Schrag led the way for Bethel besting her own school record as she recorded a time of 25:03.3, more than a minute faster than her previous time, coming in 31st.

Emma Graber finished 36th with a time of 25:41.08.

In 39th, Taryn Paulino turned in a time of 25:54.76.

Estafania Gonzalez finished 41st with a time of 26:12.68.

Elly Bertholf finished 59th after running a time of 28:14.23.

Myiah Logue rounded out the finishers on the women's side in 88th with a time of 34:45.80.

On the men's side, Isaiah Bartel led the way running a personal best time of 26:59.20, finishing 44th.

Tobin Wise finished closely behind Bartel in 48th also running a personal best time of 27:04.44.

Luke Schmidt was the Threshers third finisher with a time of 27:19.25 to finish 54th.

In 65th, Marcus Fiedler turned in a time of 28:02.58.

Matthew Fleck was Bethel's next finisher in 84th with a time of 29:20.54.

Robert Crager, the Threshers tiebreaker, finished in 88th with a time of 29:36.93.

Daniel Kaufman finished 93rd running a personal best time of 30:16.36.

Nick Morgan rounded out the Thresher finishers in 110th place running a time of 33:23.30.

The Thresher women's fifth place finish is their highest in the last decade.