There’s an old adage that “seniors get the job done.” Kaneland seniors David Valkanov and Collin Reutimann each posted solid efforts to lead the team to the 2023 Rock River Run boys varsity title.
David Valkanov shook off morning car trouble to push out to a top 5 spot in the race and found himself with no company and cruised to :15 meet PR for third (15:57). Evan Nosek and Evan Whildin took a team approach to the day and worked at pacing teammates through the first two miles, then used a progression run to blitz the field on the last mile. Nosek (12th, 16:30) and Whildin (16th, 16:41) each put up crucial points in the scoring.
Collin Reutimann is starting to build some momentum to his season. Today the senior finished 21st in 16:51 on a course that was slowed by mud in the woods. Reutimann still managed a :34 course best time. Junior Liam Lentz rode an early wave of motivation to a 17:10 overall time to complete the Knights scoring in the 29th position. Next to the chute was Zachary Murdock, running 17:21 for 33rd overall, and the final pusher for the race scoring was Jack Polloway, who finished the run in 18:49 (94th overall).
Ben Broz (98th, 18:57), Devon Kowalczyk (104th, 19:10), Johnny Neville (107th, 19:13) got in on team win as well. Sean Meagher (146th, 20:34) set a course best mark for himself and Lucas Fiedler (162nd, 21:15) ran a :41 meet best time to round out the day for varsity.
The Frosh Soph team had another stellar pack split day, running :53 apart, to place 3rd in the field. Joey Schuch led all Knight competitors with a 17th place finish at 18:26, followed by Jack Nevenhoven (21st, 18:46) and his :83 course PR. Jessub Hardy (24th, 18:47), Nathan Kowalczyk (26th, 18:54) and Ricky Anderson (37th, 19:19) all set their new course best times. Sahel Torres (48th, 19:55) had a blistering kick to hold his spot at the finish, and Elijah Fiedler (62nd, 20:31) ran a :85 course best time.
The Knights head to Antioch next weekend for the Pat Harland Invitational.
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