MONMOUTH, Ore.—Sophomore
Erik Maack and junior
Frankie Reid finished first and second amongst all Division III runners, to lead Lewis & Clark men's cross country at the Ash Creek Collegiate Meet.
THE BASICS
172 Points – 6
th Place (1
st out of 2 Division III Teams)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Maack and Reid placed in 28
th and 30
th overall, to lead the Pioneers to a sixth-place finish on Friday at Western Oregon University.
Maack moved up 11 places over the final 2,000 meters to edge out Reid and finish the 6K course in 18:53.6. Reid, who was making his season debut, posted his fastest career time in a cross country 6K with a time of 18:57.3 to finish 30
th overall.
Junior
Liam Rickey notched his second-straight third-place finish on the team with a time of 19:31.6 (45
th place).
Sophomores
Bruce Marlatt and
Peter Ford and
Miles Voenell came across in a bunch to close out the scoring for the Pioneers. Marlatt took 47
th place with a time of 19:37.3, while Ford (19:37.7) and Voenell (19:41.5) took 48
th and 49
th place respectively.
Moments later, freshman
Noah Nelson (19:44.4) and sophomore
Will Dennis (19:45.0) came across the line in 51
st and 52
nd place.
Junior
Nate Bay (19:48.8) and sophomore
Mike Reem (19:52.8) rounded out the top-10 for Lewis & Clark when they came across in 55
th and 57
th place.
BY THE NUMBERS
- The Pioneers edged out fellow Northwest Conference school Linfield University by 26 points (172 to 198).
- Reid was running his first meet since appearing in the NCAA Division III Championship Meet last fall.
- Freshman Rigo Castellanos made his collegiate debut in the meet. He finished 74th overall with a time of 20:55.0.
- Max Aldrich (20:00.5), Theron Plumb (20:08.8), Caleb Silverman (20:08.9) and Connor Harrod (20:15.3) came across 11th-14th for the Pioneers on Friday.
- Sophomore Aidan Ridderhof made his collegiate cross country debut on Friday. Ridderhof crossed the line in 21:07.4 to finish in 80th.
- Joseph Naylor crossed the line in 21:07.3 and Brandon Apresa finished in 21:09.5
WHAT'S NEXT
The Pioneers will travel to Springfield, Oregon for the Dellinger Invite next Friday. The meet, which is hosted by the University of Oregon, will kick off at 11:00 a.m. with the women's race and the men's race will start at 11:45 a.m.
