Angie Stombaugh Faculty Athletic Rep (Women) | UW-Eau Claire Website
Angie Stombaugh Faculty Athletic Rep (Women) | UW-Eau Claire Website
The UW-Eau Claire Men's Cross Country team competed on the road for the first time this season at the St. Olaf Invitational in Northfield, Minnesota, on Saturday. The Blugolds secured a second-place finish with a total score of 53 points and placed eight individuals in the top 30.
Mason Shea (Sr. - River Falls, Wis.) led the team with a time of 25:16, securing third place overall. Other top-5 finishers for the Blugolds included Jesse Peterson (Sr. - St. Paul, Minn.) with a time of 25:59, Trevor LaMirande (Sr. - Dresser, Wis.) at 26:02, Jack Hesse-Withbroe (Jr. - Stillwater, Minn.) at 26:04, and Cooper Feltz (Jr. - Germantown, Wis.) with a time of 26:16.
Head coach Dan Schwamberger expressed satisfaction with his team's performance and strategy: "The plan for this race was to pace the first 3200 and focus on working with workout groups. They executed perfectly and really worked together well."
The Blugolds will next compete at the Blugold Invite at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wisconsin, on Friday, October 4th. The men's 8k race is scheduled to start at 5:15 pm.
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