LINCOLN, Neb. - The Augustana men's and women's cross country teams put together a solid performance on Saturday with first place team performances. The Vikings dominated the college division at the Woody Greeno Invite in Lincoln, Neb. with both teams running away from the competition.

"I was pleased with our efforts today," head coach Tracy Hellman said of his team's performance on Saturday. "We ran a team style race the first half, and finished the second half of the race well. We are making progress, and if we can keep improving each week, we should have much better teams come championship time."

The men took first out of 12 teams in the college division with 22 points. The Vikings finished 50 points ahead of the second place team, Nebraska Wesleyan (72 points).

Jesus Urtusuastegui led the Vikings with a second place finish in the college division a time of 25:50.3. Behind Urtusuastegui was Aaron Runge (third), Alec Kray (fourth), Nick Larsen (fifth) and Sean Heaton (eighth) to round out the Augustana scoring.

The women finished in first out of 13 teams in the college division with 24 points; 32 points ahead of second place team Nebraska Wesleyan (56 points).

Mackenzie Kelly and Emily Tromp finished 1-2 in the college division to lead the women's squad. Claire Boersma (fourth), Courtney Hottovy (eighth) and Rebekah Rairdon (ninth) finished out the scoring for Augustana.

After the Vikings jaunt to Lincoln, Neb. they return to Big Ten country to take on the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on Sept. 23.