It was the best weather and team performance of the season thus far, with loads of PRs to celebrate. The Knights took to the field against quite a few pre-season ranked squads, and took home a Top 5 finish in both races.
Christian Phillips stepped on the accelerator at the start and never moved his foot until cruising past the finish mats in a career best 15:59, good for 7th at the varsity level. Nolan Allen hopped off the late bus and with little warmup time was still able to manage a very solid 16:33, to earn the 25th place medal. Shortly thereafter, Cunz crossed, running sub 17 at 16:47 which landed him 27th.
Pairing up was an important strategy for success with Neal and Babka. They also were two places apart, with Trevor our #4 at 17:04 (36th) and Babka done in 17:05 (38). Bruhl powered through the new, flat course to set a new :09 career best time of 17:47 as our first pusher at 67th. Lechocki also managed a PR effort, best of his career by :26 and good for 74th. The change in weather and course helped Hosking to a new PR, smashing last Saturday’s time by :48 and running 18:32 (90th). Fiedler also took more than 2:00 off his Saturday effort to race in 18:39, at 93rd overall. Smith chased Dom’s diamonds and ended the run 9 seconds later with a season’s best 18:48 (97th).
Farmer net a career best :50 on the day, running 103rd at 19:03. Scherden capped our varsity day not feeling great, but grinding out a 20:48 effort with loads of heart.
The frosh soph team DID get a full warmup and prep before their run, and made it count with 5 individual medals and a title. Evan Nosek took the individual title, running a young career best time of 16:11. David Valkanov used a fierce kick to earn the 5th place medal at 17:04, in his first Knight race. Brennan passed competitors all day long and took 11th in 17:27, good for a :51 PR. Reutimann also managed a 19th place medal, running a :38 best (17:50). Zachary Murdock dropped a full minute from County to end our championship scoring with his 24th place effort (18:00). Ramos and Polloway paired up as pushers to run a second apart at the finish. Ramos (37th, 18:47) got a :17 PR, Jack ran 1:21 faster than Saturday with 18:48, in 38th place.
Victor Valkanov showed he has some terrific potential, and a load of guts, kicking off his first race in 19:39 (52nd). Shortly thereafter, Lentz crossed in 19:42, a :34 best of season. Neville had a terrific race, passing more than ten runners since the mile mark to grab 63rd. The trio of Blickem, Broz, and Mullins pushed their pack to the finish, with Louis (21:04, 2:02 PR), Ben (21:05, 76th), and Jude (21:10, 2:48 PR). Westfall sizzled in the cool temps at 24:07, season’s best mile pace. Moreno got his first career race in at 3 miles with a strong 24:49 effort. Lucas Fiedler took a huge chunk out of his mile pace from Saturday to run 28:04 for the victorious frosh soph team.
There is a lot to be excited about with this whole team. We need to take care of our bodies, and start getting those morning runs in. They lower places and times! Great job.
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