Men's Cross Country | 09.30.2023
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Warrior Cross Country had a busy Saturday with a pair of meets across the country. A group of LC State runners made the trip to Louisville, Ky., for the Louisville Classic, while another squad traveled to Walla Walla, Wash., for the Whitman Invitational.
LOUISVILLE CLASSIC - RESULTS
Warrior Cross Country saw new leaders emerge in Louisville with
Brycen Brown and
Chloe Overberg leading the way in their respective races. Both fields surpassed 300 runners, with the men at more than 400, in the largest meet the Warriors will see in the regular season.
Brown's 35
th-place mark (25:26.7) was the best finish by a Warrior on the day and helped the men place 22
nd as a team in the 8k.
Carter Gordon was the second LC State runner in the top 100 in 88
th (26:05.4).
Connor Alexander (26:28.9) and
Clay Shumaker (26:30.0) finished 144
th and 146
th, respectively, and
Brycen Kempton crossed the line 173
rd (26:41.8).
"
Brycen Brown ran really well for the men and really held his own," Head Coach
Mike Collins said. "He's looking very good at this point in time. We are definitely going to have to step it up with the rest of the men's team if we want to have a shot at a good showing at conference as well as earning our berth to nationals."
Conner May placed 225
th (27:01.9) and
Cooper Carlson was 240
th (27:13.6).
Kobe Wessels finished 270
th (27:30.7) and freshmen
Keith Uitdewilligen was 390
th (29:09.5).
The Warrior women finished 25
th behind Overberg's 62
nd-place finish (19:07.8) in the 5k.
Brooklyn Shell finished 113
th (19:32.2) and
Geraldin Correa was just behind her in 115
th (19:33.3).
Grace Tiegs also placed in the top 200 at 129 (19:39.1) and
Grace Dixon rounded out LC's top five in 239
th (20:38.5).
"On the women's side I thought we did reasonably well," Collins continued. "Our top four girls raced within reach of where we might have expected, just too big of a gap from there and that's really where the key to racing is when it comes to scoring points so we've just got to get better."
Abigail Gorton crossed the line in 266
th (20:55.6) and
Emma Peltier was 270
th (20:59.6).
Grace McCormick finished 303
rd (21:19.7).
WHITMAN INVITATIONAL - RESULTS
The Warriors had multiple personal-bests in Walla Walla at the Whitman Invitational, including men's leader
Alexander Fry. The sophomore placed 56
th with at time of 26:59.3 to help put the Warriors in seventh in the 8k.
Griffen Parsells placed 62
nd (27:32.5) in his first race of the season, and
Jacob Adams ran a PR of 27:45.8 to place 64
th. Freshman
Liam Page finished 69
th (28:12.4) and
Luke Sellmann was 83
rd (29:45.9).
On the women's side, freshman
Aubree Williams led the way in her first collegiate finish in 13
th (23:42.5). She helped the Warrior women place fifth in the 6k, with
Kristen Thomas not far behind in 24
th with a personal-best time of 25:08.5. Senior
Abigail Peightal placed 29
th (25:43.2),
Madison Howe was 38
th (27:01.4) and
Haileyann Johnson was 39
th (27:09.3).
"I've seen results from the race and I am very proud of those kids," Collins said. "I think that the are in a position that in two weeks at our home meet they are going to be challenging the rest of our group to earn their spots and the right to run at the conference championships."
UP NEXT
The Warriors host the LC State Invitational on Oct. 14 at the LC State Cross Country Trail in the Lewiston Orchards.
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