Cross Country Continues Season in Eau Claire
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - The Michigan Tech cross country teams enjoyed
a fast course and ideal conditions at the Blugold Invitational
Friday (Sept. 21) in Eau Claire, Wis. The men finished sixth and
the women were 12th of 17 teams.
"Today was a real competitive meet," said head coach Joe
Haggenmiller. "There were some real competitive teams racing today.
This was our first time on the course and that may have cost a few
spots in the team standings. Many of our athletes ran
personal-bests today which was nice to see against such strong
competition."
Bradon Kampstra led a trio of Huskies in the top-25 with a 12th
place finish in the eight-kilometer race in a time of 25:52. Kyle
Hanson finished 24th in 26:07, and teammate Calvin Nitz was one
spot back in 26:08.
The next four Tech runners finished less than 15 seconds apart.
Jonathan Kilpela was 36th (26:26), Eric Parsell 38th (26:26), Nick
Wimmer 42nd (26:32) and Karl Koivisto 52nd (26:41).
Amanda Halonen was the top finisher on the women's side with a
31st place finish in the six-kilometer race in 23:11. Tech had
three other women finish in the top-100. Megan Smaby was 69th
(24:30), Amber Peabody 87th (25:36) and Cassie Bobart 97th
(25:55).
Nichole Wehner completed the scoring for the Huskies placing 100th
(26:01), while Noelle Savage and Erin Matthews finished 103rd
(26:22) and 111th (28:57) respectively.
Both teams will compete at the Roy Griak Invitational Sept.
29th.
