Women's Cross Country 1999
1999 Season
Under the direction of second-year coach Karen Vihstadt, the women’s cross country squad completed its season by placing ninth out of 12 at the MIAC Championships and 12th place out of 25 at the NCAA Central Region Meet in Waverly, Iowa. At the front of the pack for the Gusties was Faith Eskola, who finished second at the MIAC Championships, fifth at the NCAA Central Region Championships and 37th at the NCAA Championships. Eskola's 37th place finish at the NCAA meet is the seventh highest finish in school history. Eskola earned all-conference and all-region honors in addition to honorable mention All-America honors.
| Name | Yr. | Hometown/High School |
| Teresa Angier | JR | St. Louis Park, Minn |
| Valerie Bukstein | FY | Maple Grove, Minn/Osseo |
| Danielle Cole | FY | Forest Lake, Minn |
| Bridget Daniel | FY | Burlington, Wisc |
| Jana Dilley | SR | Victoria, MN/Chaska |
| Melinda Erickson | FY | Cook, MN |
| Faith Eskola | SR | Duluth, MN |
| Andrea Fish | SR | Bloomington, MN |
| Ann Fletchall | SR | Webster City, IA |
| Laura Graen | JR | Champlin, MN/Champlin Park |
| Tracy Grefsrud | SO | Pelican Rapids, MN |
| Megan Gunderson | JR | Highlands Ranch, CO |
| Brita Hansen | SO | East Bethel, MN/St. Francis |
| Lea Howard | SO | Shoreview, MN/Mounds View |
| Marika Koenitzer | SO | Brookfield, WI |
| Kristen Larson | JR | Minneapolis, MN/Southwest |
| Stefanie Lenz | JR | Alexandria, MN |
| Jill Liljestrand | SR | Fargo, ND/South |
| Jennie Lundgren | FY | Domsjo, Sweden/Nolasholan |
| Heather Meyers | FY | Champaign, Ill/Centennial |
| Laura Paddack | SO | Fort Collins, CO/Rocky Mountain |
| Anna Pouliot | FY | Maple Plain, MN/Orono |
| Mindy Rietz | JR | Austin, MN |
| Daisy Schmidt | SR | Tracy, MN |
| Denae Schuldt | SO | Rosemount, MN |
| Ciara Shuttleworth | SR | Moses Lake, WA |
| Julie Smiley | SR | Elk Grove, Ill |
| Laura Yudt | JR | Valparaiso, Ind |
| Date | Meet | Result |
| 9/4 | St. Mary's Invite | 3rd out of 7 |
| 9/10 | St. John's Invite | 5th out of 9 |
| 9/18 | St. Olaf Invite | 7th out of 16 |
| 9/25 | U of M Invite | 19th out of 37 |
| 10/1 | BluGold Invite | 7th out of 7 |
| 10/16 | LaCrosse Invite | 20th out of 31 |
| 10/30 | MIAC Meet @ Como in St. Paul | 7th out of 12 |
| 11/13 | Regional Meet @ Wartburg | 7th out of 24 |
| 11/20 | National Meet @UW-Oshkosh | 11:00am |
