RESULTS

Notables
-CSS was the top UMAC team in the field
-Boedigheimer and Foss were the top UMAC finishers in the field

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NORTHFIELD, Minn. (csssaints.com) – For the first time in the St. Scholastica men's cross country team's history, the Saints had a pair of runners achieve all-region performances at the NCAA Division III Central Region Championship Saturday at Carleton College.
 
Results
Top Team Scores: 1. Loras-53, 2. Carleton-67, 3. Wartburg-100, 4. Nebraska Wesleyan-110, 5. Luther-159, 15. St. Scholastica-424
Race Winner: Mark Fairley (Central)-24:52
 
Top Performances
Freshman Isaac Boedigheimer (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) once again paced the Saints with a season-best time of 25:41 to place 22^nd overall. That time is the third-fastest 8k time in program history. Not too far behind him was junior Easton Foss (Pine City, Minn./Pine City HS), who was 31^st with a personal-best time of 25:54. Foss' time was 53 seconds faster than his time on this course last year. By finishing in the top 35, both runners earned all-region accolades.
 
Cameron Pearson (Park Falls, Wis./Chequamegon HS) was the next Saint to cross the finish line in 110^th with a season-best time of 27:12. Ryan Steger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) posted a season-best time of 27:39 to be the fourth CSS finisher in 127^th. It was a battle for the fifth and final scoring spot for the Saints as Izaak Juenemann (Eyota, Minn./Dover-Eyota HS) edged McEwan Rodefeld (Blaine, Minn./Irondale HS) by two seconds with a time of 27:55 to finish 137^th overall. Both Juenemann and Rodefeld had season-best times.
 
Sawyer Morgan (Ogilvie, Minn./Mora HS) was the final Saint competing and he placed 162^nd with a personal-best time of 28:57.
 
Best UMAC Team
Despite finishing third at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championships a couple of weeks ago, the Saints were by far the dominate conference team in the field today finishing 75 points ahead of conference champion University of Wisconsin-Superior and 102 points ahead of UMAC runner-up Martin Luther College. Ryan Gurgel of Martin Luther was the only other UMAC runner to earn all-region accolades.
 
Will Boedigheimer Qualify
To qualify for the NCAA Championships as an individual, you must finish in the top seven at the region championship from a non-qualifying team. With that said, after the two automatic qualifying teams in Loras and Carleton advance, Boedigheimer is the 14^th fastest runner.
 
However, teams are also eligible for 16 at-large berths. If Wartburg gets an at-large berth then he is the 11^th fastest runner. If Nebraska Wesleyan gets an at-large berth then he is the eighth fastest runner. If four teams are selected from the region, Boedigheimer would fall one second short of qualifying.
 
Up Next
The announcement of the participants at next week's NCAA Division III Championships in Illinois next week will be announced on NCAA.com on Sunday.
 
For future news on the St. Scholastica men's cross country program, keep checking csssaints.com.