ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Yellowjacket men's cross country team took the course one final time before the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championship race, traveling to Saukie Golf Course and compete in the Interregional Invitational hosted by Augustana.
This meet features some of the top ranked national talent, resulting in two separate races taking place to accommodate all participants. Competing in the "blue" race, the Yellowjackets scored a collective 411 points, finishing in 12th place out of 30 teams.
Meet Notes
- As the entire fall has been for the Midwest, elevated temperatures were a contributing factor to all participants in Saturday's meet.
- The first Yellowjacket to cross the finish line was Zach Reese (Zimmerman, Minn./Spectrum). Nearly logging a new personal best, he garnered a 35th overall ranking with a race time of 26:33.5.
- Maverick Hoogland (Catawba, Wis./Phillips) finished his day clocking a 27:32.7, besting his previous 8k time by 13 seconds.
- Finishing the race with a time of 28:08.4 was Ben Plackner (Bovey, Minn./Greenway), who was followed by Aidan Doherty (Wild Rose, Wis./Wild Rose) and Dylan Uitto (Ashland, Wis./Ashland). Doherty logged a 28:09.8 before Uitto crossed the line at 28:10.5.
- UW-Superior's next athlete to finish was Jayde Canfield (Prescott, Wis./Prescott). He crossed the line at 28:38.6.
- Kieran Johnson's (South Range, Wis./Northwestern) day was wrapped up after logging a 29:13.9, who was followed by Deryck Parduhn (Ashland, Wis./Ashland). He nearly missed a PR by a matter of seconds, finishing with a 29:17.8.
- Cale Newby (Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji) finished the race in 29:40.9, sitting six seconds away from a personal best 8k time.
- Kevin Hufziger (Macedon, N.Y./Penfield) and Oleksander Danylov both captured season best race times on the day.
The Yellowjackets will now set their sights on the all-important UMAC Championship, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2. The conference race is set for noon at Winthrop Golf Course in Winthrop, Minn.
