We made the utmost of a beautiful day on the hill at Settler’s. The Knights amassed 58 points to earn the team title ahead of a talented field. Kaiser and Whildin dominated the front of this championship race pacing the field in 15:22 and 15:29. It was Carson’s first laps on the course, and Evan set a :38 course best time.
The power of our pack is growing up right before our eyes. Juniors made their presence felt and the impact was a win. Nolan Reutimann completed the 3 mile loop in 16th/16:49 for a career best (:35) time. Right by his side was newcomer Gavin Smith (16:50, 17th). A huge outing for his first run longer than 800m. Nathan Kowalczyk (22nd) closed out scoring for the Knights when he crossed the finish line in 16:54, which was a :40 course best time.
Joey Schuch cracked the 18:00 barrier in 17:43 to take 43rd. Jack Nevevnhoven earned a career best time of 18:22 to take 51st. Jack had a :45 improvement on the course from 2024. Zavier Nothnagel notched a big :70 course PR for himself, coming in 53rd with a time of 18:26. Elijah Fiedler put aside pre-meet jitters to crank out a :43 career best time of 18:53 for 57th overall.
Ricky Anderson broke a two-year old personal best on the course with his 19:17 (67th), improving by :11 from 2023. Sahel Torres made it to the finish line, charging hard, for a time of 20:27 (78th). Junior Matt Kray came back from triathlon training this week to take 88th in 23:06.
Earlier in the morning, our Open runners kicked off the season on the 2.4 mile loop of the course. Three Knights brought home medals in the event. Freshman Aiden Palmer grabbed the 4th place medal with a short course time of 15:34. A dozen seconds later, it was Gianni Middona taking 6th in 15:46. Alikye Aniszewski put his three weeks of cross country training ot the test and ran 11th (16:20) to earn his first award of the season.
Gavin Overhaug looked very strong, sprinting home to the chute in 16:56 to take 22nd. Brody Linane put his summer miles to the test and came out on top with a time of 18:33 for 37th place. Bryce Ehlers crushed his 2024 time on the 2.4 mile course by 5:16 to take 42nd in 19:36.
The frosh soph team took just five runners to the starting box. They brought home 4th place of 8 teams, with 94 points.
Kaneland grabbed a pair of Top 15 medals with Gavin Schnurstein and Drew Gritzner running in the top 6. Gavin (3rd, 17:18) ran a career best time by :28 over his 2024 PR. Drew (6th, 17:27) had a 1:51 course best as well as a :40 career PR.
Mason Stalcup took :93 off his previous best at Settler’s Hill, running 23rd in 18:32. Will Gritzner set a new standard of awesome for three miles with his own 18:57 to take 29th. Sophomore Grant Caston had a career best run of 19:05 (33rd), taking :05 off his best.
The Knights travel to Northern Illinois University on Tuesday for the Sycamore Invitational.
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