Despite the threat of storms, our KXC Families helped us pull off a memorable and fun (yet soggy) Eddington Invitational. This being the 50th running of the event, it was particularly important to try and get the full slate of races completed.
Our Open Dogs kicked off the day with some great PR races on the wet course. Getting the best conditions of the day, Brady Johnson wasted no time earning his first ribbon of the season by placing 33rd overall in a PR time of 19:46. Evans also got the best of the day by running a new :25 PR at 21:05.
Senior Alex Johnston a career best :35 improvement for three miles at 21:34. A minute later, Brazee clocked in at 22:30, with Lindow chasing the diamond jersey ahead of him for a huge PR. Lindow finished the day in 22:34. Matt Conley bettered his results from Peoria by :09 for a PR, and his brother Andy completed the day at 25:55.
In Varsity, Senior Daniel Occhipinti turned in another Top 5 finish at home, on a sloppy day that led us to a second consecutive third place finish at the Eddington Invite. His pack followed closely behind, putting our 1-4 on the day at :22 apart. That’s lethal!
Dallal continued to surge with Walker on his hip, and Durbala driving forward to complete an effort of 4 in the Top 16. Isaiah ran a 1:17 course best. Walker was :07 faster than 2018. Durbala put up a new career best at home, and finished the day in 16:22, and ahead of 2A #2 ranked Benet’s second runner.
Without some familiar faces in the lineup, we needed a different #5 to step up and complete the scoring. Lodwig filled that vacancy, and ran a course best PR of :31 to finish 49th in 17:11. Nosek stood tall in the mud and rallied for a 17:31 finish, and was a huge asset to Parker Malone’s career best 17:34 finish.
Fountain also ran a career best when he crossed the line in 92nd place at 18:02. Ramos got his first taste of a true 3 mile course, and ran a 19:00; ready to smash that next week.
Our frosh soph team finished the day closing in on a Top 5 finish. Placing two in the Top 8, we had a good start to scoring. Nolan Allen ran a course PR at 17:21 to earn 5th overall. Phillips was next in, :15 later for a course PR and 8th. Cunz dropped 1:14 on his career best to step up for 27th overall at 18:18. Freshmen Adam Smith (19:43) and Aidan Bruhl (19:59) each ran career best times for 3 miles, to complete scoring and landed us in 6th.
Fiedler clocked a :44 career PR for 3 miles at 20:17, with Lechocki on his heels a second later, again at PR pace. Neal suffered a setback mid-race, and finished the day in the top 100. Farmer leaped past his previous PR by :10, and Hwang crossed six seconds later at 21:44.
Nicholas Allen smashed his PR by 1:37 with a huge run testing his toughness. Scherden continues to settle back in, racing to 22:30. Gannon bettered his best by :27 for 23:44, while Casey knocked off a huge chunk of time from his KHS course best to end at 26:30.
Following awards and clean up, the Thorguard system detected lightning as the last stakes and flags were deposited under the press box. What a blessing this day turned out to be. Thank you to all who made this day possible, special, and memorable.
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