COLD SPRING, Minn. - Senior Nick Brauer highlighted a stellar day at the CSB+SJU Autumn Classic by winning the men's race while Addison Enfield placed fourth on the women's side and topped multiple Division I opponents. The men's team won the Autumn Classic while the women placed third. 

The women's team ran first on Saturday at River Oaks Golf Course, competing with six other MIAC schools, but also joined by Division I Minnesota. Just like last week, sophomore Addison Enfield (Northfield, Minn.) dominated, beating out four Gophers for a fourth-place finish. Enfield garnered the best time in the MIAC at the event with a season-best 22:46.0 in the 6,000-meter run. It was another all-sophomore scoring day for Gustavus as well, with Anna Forbord (Northfield, Minn. finishing 12th, running a time of 23:15.8 followed just three seconds behind by Siiri Anderson (Duluth, Minn.) in 15th. Anna Gould (Amery, Wis.) and Francesca Geffre (Roseville, Minn.) rounded off the scoring by finishing in 22nd and 31st, running 23:50.7 and 24:05.9 times, respectively. 

84 points was good for third place as a team at the CSB+SJU Autumn Classic. Anderson, Gould, sophomore Ali Keil (Savage, Minn.), and first-years Sammi Shibata (Apple Valley, Minn.), Sara Palmer (Menomonie, Wis.), and Jaci Jordan (Lake Crystal, Minn.) all registered personal-bests at the meet.

Senior Nick Brauer (Mankato, Minn.) won the men's event for his first win of the season, topping runners from four MIAC schools and a few more from UMAC institutions. Brauer ran a season-best on the 8,000-meter course, crossing in 25:56.6 to win the race by 32 seconds. Classmate Evan Pouliot (Circle Pines, Minn.) finished third and was the second finisher for Gustavus, running a 26:35.1, also a season-best. The reigning MIAC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week, sophomore Caden Riga (Belle Plaine, Minn.) ran a personal-best 26:48.1, good for seventh place. The final two finishers for the Gusties were junior Matthew Berge (Eden Prairie, Minn.), who crossed in 26:52.6 and first-year Joey Gustafson (Virginia, Minn.) in 26:54.3. 

The men's team scored 29 points and won the men's event, topping St. Olaf by 13 points as their closest competitor. Matthew Jenneke (Plymouth, Minn.), Elliot vanWestrienen (Conifer, Colo.), Colin Talle (Mankato, Minn.), Avery Nielson (Apple Valley, Minn.), Luke Jenneke (Maple Grove, Minn.), Gaven Greshowak (Duluth, Minn.), Thomas Asmus (Austin, Minn.), Neal Stadsvold (Sauk Centre, Minn.), and Odin Foote (Minneapolis, Minn.) all ran personal bests as well. 

The Gusties will take a week off and prepare for the MIAC Championships, taking place at St. Olaf on October 31st.