NCAA D-II CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP - STRONG AT THE FINISH
Final fall ends for Seidel at NCAA D-II meet
Franny Seidel, a 2020 graduate of Medford Area Senior High, is pictured during her eighth-place finish at the Oct. 26 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference meet hosted by Minot State. Seidel ended her collegiate cross country career with the University of Minnesota-Duluth with an 86th-place finish at the Nov. 23 NCAA Division II National Championship meet held in Sacramento, Calif. Along the way, she earned All-NSIC and NCAA All-Region honors. PHOTO COURTESY OF UMD ATHLETICS Franny Seidel, a 2020 graduate of Medford Area Senior High, is pictured during her eighth-place finish at the Oct. 26 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference meet hosted by Minot State. Seidel ended her collegiate cross country career with the University of Minnesota-Duluth with an 86th-place finish at the Nov. 23 NCAA Division II National Championship meet held in Sacramento, Calif. Along the way, she earned All-NSIC and NCAA All-Region honors. PHOTO COURTESY OF UMD ATHLETICS
NCAA D-II CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
While the goal of one last personal record eluded her on the rain-soaked course, Franny Seidel ended he...
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