Notables
-Gallagher earns All-Region honors for finishing in the top 35
-Gallagher missed his personal-best time by two seconds
-CSS was second amongst UMAC teams, behind UW-Superior
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's cross country team placed 18
th out of 30 teams on Saturday at the NCAA Division III Central Region Championships, hosted by Carleton College.
Results
Top Team Scores: 1. Loras-101, 2. Wartburg-117, 3. St. Olaf-128, 4. Nebraska Wesleyan-139, 5. Luther-179, 18. CSS-483
Individual Winner: Mason Tope (Loras) – 25:41
Top Performances
In his final race,
Jacob Gallagher (Lisbon, N.D./Lisbon HS) led the Saints once again with a 24
th place finish with a time of 26:06. That finish is good enough to earn him all-region accolades. Much like the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championships, he was the third UMAC runner to cross the finish line.
Easton Foss (Pine City, Minn./Pine City HS) was the second CSS runner to finish, coming in 68
th place with a personal-best time of 26:47.
Cameron Pearson (Park Falls, Wis./Chequamegon HS) was 84
th overall, posting a season-best time of 27:05.
In his final race,
Josh Trosen (Hackensack, Minn./Nevis HS) finished in 28:37, which was good enough for 148
th.
Ryan St. Clair (Bend, Ore./Summit HS (Walla Walla)) was the final Saint to score in 159
th with a time of 29:06.
Adam Wallenta (Eagan, Minn./Farmington HS) was 169
th and
Jimmy Lovrien (Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson HS) 194
th in their final races as Saints.
Thank You Seniors
The Saints will say goodbye to seniors Gallagher, Lovrien, Trosen and Wallenta.
For future news on the St. Scholastica men's cross country team, keep checking
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