PORTLAND, Ore.—Sophomores Max Aldrich and Erik Maack posted the top two times for Lewis & Clark men's cross country in the 2 Mile and 1 Mile Races, on a rainy, blustery night at Eldon Fix Track.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
In the Pioneers third and final home cross country meet of the fall, Lewis & Clark took to the track at Griswold Stadium for the 2 Mile/1 Mile Time Trials. 
 
In the first event of the night, the 2 Mile Run, Aldrich and Maack posted fourth and fifth place finishes. Aldrich barely edged out Maack with times of 9:32.47 and 9:33.82. 
 
Junior Liam Rickey led a pack of five Pioneers runners who finished 11^th through 15^th. Rickey was the first of the group to finish in 9:50.42. Sophomore Peter Ford came across next in 9:52.03. Junior Miles Voenell finished 13^th with a time of 9:59.81. Sophomores Bruce Marlatt and Will Dennis finished neck-and-neck. Marlatt recorded a time of 10:02.25, with Dennis just behind him in 10:03.86. 
 
Freshman Theron Plumb was the first Pioneer rookie to finish. He came in 17^th with a time of 10:09.25. 
 
Junior Caleb Silverman and sophomore Mike Reem were next to cross the line, as the pair put together a photo finish. Silverman edged out Reem by just .11 seconds, with the pair finishing in 19^th (10:11.85) and 20^th(10:11.96). 
 
Sophomore Aidan Ridderhof posted a time of 10:15.05 to finish in 23^rd place. 
 
Junior Nate Bay led a quartet of Pioneers to round out the L&C runners in the field. Bay posted a 10:17.30 to take 25^th place. Freshman Rigo Castellanos was next to finish in 10:18.86. Sophomore Connor Harrod (10:20.92) and freshman Joseph Naylor (10:40.85) were the final Pioneers to cross the line-as they took 27^thand 28^th place. 
 
The Pioneers had three entrants in the 1 Mile Run. 
 
Just as they did in the first race, Aldrich and Maack ran stride-for-stride with each other for most of the race. Aldrich (4:30.13) ended up barely edging Maack (4:32.98) with the pair placing second and third. 
 
Junior Brendan Creeks made his return from an injury in the mile. He finished just behind his two teammates in 4:35.03 (fifth place). 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Aldrich, Dennis and Reem each finished with PR times in the 2 Mile event at the Pioneers 2 Mile/1 Mile Time Trial. Aldrich bested his time from a year ago by over four seconds. Dennis crushed his time by nearly 25 seconds and Reem improved by nearly 18 seconds. 
• Junior Frankie Reid's winning time from a year ago (9:17.9) is still the meet record. Unattached runner Matthew Knight won the 2 Mile this year in 9:18.55. 
• Creeks appeared in his first race since the Pioneers opener on September 1 after dealing with a foot injury for most of the season. 

WHAT'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will travel to Spokane, Washington next Saturday for the NCAA Division III West Regional Championship Meet. This year's race will be hosted at the Plantes Ferry Sports Complex.