October 6, 2026

MADSION, S.D. – Dakota State took part in the annual Frontier Conference Cross Country Media Day, presented by IMA Financial, this week.  Head coach Alex Glover, assistant coach Taylor Hauge, and runners Valerija Curikova and Benjamin Strunk took time to interview with the emcee Rocky Erickson and Frontier Conference Commissioner Dr. Scott Crawford.

Dakota State competed in three different events thus far this season, highlighted by Curikova's 6K school record during the most recent meet at the NCAA Division II Augustana (S.D.) Invitational in Sioux Falls on Sept. 25.

DSU prepares for another meet held by Dordt (Iowa) on Saturday morning, running in the Holiday Inn Express Classic.  The Trojans close their regular season meet on Oct. 24 in the Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic in Ashland, Neb.

The Frontier Conference Cross Country Conference Championships are set for Friday, Nov. 6.  The conference meet returns to Amend Park in Billings, Mont. 

The team winner in each gender will receive an automatic bid for the NAIA Cross Country National Championships on Friday, Nov. 20, at Fort Vancouver Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash.