Peloquin Wins Roy Griak Title

Published by Boise State SID on September 24th, 2016

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Boise State sophomore Brenna Peloquin stole the show Saturday afternoon at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn., winning the women’s 6-kilometer race thanks to a time of 20:50. The first-place finish marks the first cross country victory for Peloquin in her collegiate career.

Peloquin duked it out with Michigan’s Erin Finn down the stretch and eventually worked her way past the senior in the last half of the race. She ended up with an 11-second victory over Finn, making a statement over the defending Big Ten Cross Country Champion.

“Going into the race I had a really open mind,” Peloquin said. “It was the first race of the season, so I looked at it as a rust buster and didn’t have any expectations.  I still went into it as confident as possible, and I was thinking I would base the race off how I felt.”

“I was really surprised when I won. It eventually was just me and Erin, and we just broke away. I started to feel the race a little bit at the 3K mark, and I eventually made my move at about the 4.5K mark. She didn’t respond, so I just went ahead and finished it off.”