Declan Tunney ran a determined race and motored away for a commanding win in 14:39. He's been so consistent this season and well-deserving of the individual conference title! Brock Rice nailed down second place in 14:55. Sean Marquardt was aggressive early on and was our third finisher in 15:09. He's had a great season - really a breakthrough season for Sean! Sophomore Grant Giblin was next up in 4th place overall with a time of 15:15. Trent Anderson had a bit of a struggle this race, coming thru in 15:42 - good for 8th place. We know he's going to get it back together for the next race. Fellow junior Ibrahim Tineh was right behind in 9th place in 15:45. Junior Evan Diemling closed out the Eagles in 25th place (16:31).
Overall, this was a quality effort by the team. Six runners in the top 9 finishers. Yes, we've got a few things to work on, but we are getting there. Next up will be the Regionals and I'm sure the guys are going to be ready to continue their improvement!
Luke Atzman continued his amazing season, grabbing 12th place in 17:12. His time was not only the fastest of our freshmen, but it would prove to be the 11th fastest on our whole team. Clearly, he has worked hard to move himself up thru the entire season! Matt Coleman was next in 17:45, good for 21st overall. He was followed closely by Damian Martinez in 25th place with a time of 17:57. This trio of freshmen have been battling back & forth all season long. They will be a force to be reckoned with next year as sophomores! Connor Wholley was our 4th finisher in 39th place (18:55). Our lone sophomore in the lineup, Jakub Pikul, finished 42nd in 19:14. Jack Easterhouse was right behind him in 44th (19:33). Closing things out was Alex Van Alst in 60th place (21:05).
This is a great group of hard-working, dedicated runners. We love this group and if they continue to work together, they will do some special things over the rest of their careers!
As he has done before, Jonathon Vales led the way with a 2nd place finish in 16:58. Owen Harty steadily moved up and had his best race of the year to finish in 3rd with a time of 16:59. Will Kupczyk placed 5th in 17:07. Jackson Fornek was very aggressive early and followed in 6th place (17:17). Arvind Sandhu had a great race to close our our Open scoring in 16th place in18:07.