RESULTS
Notables
-First CSS individual UMAC winner since Chris Lawson in 2013
-Best team finish for CSS at UMAC Championships since 2015
-Same team score as 2017
BENSON, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – Sophomore
Isaac Boedigheimer (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) became the fifth St. Scholastica men's cross country runner in program history to win the individual title at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championships on Saturday to lead the Saints to a second place finish overall.
Results
Team Scores: 1. UW-Superior-32, 2. CSS-60, 3. Minnesota Morris-79, 4. Martin Luther-100, 5. Bethany Lutheran-167
Individual Winner: I. Boedigheimer (CSS) – 26:11
Top Performances
Coming into the race, it was projected to be a three-team battle between the Saints, reigning champ and favorite University of Wisconsin-Superior and Martin Luther College, who was second last year.
Boedigheimer, who was beaten by UWS' Jordan Koski in four races this season, would get the better of Koski on Saturday beating he and the rest of the field by 17 seconds to capture the individual championship matching a season-best time of 26:11.
Koski would actually finish third overall as Ryan Anderson from the University of Minnesota Morris was second. However, the Yellowjackets showed their team depth by placing five runners in the top 10 to take the team title for the third straight year.
Sophomore
Ryan Steger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) was the next Saint to cross the line in sixth place overall with a personal-best time of 27:11. Both Boedigheimer and Steger will receive First Team All-UMAC honors for their performances.
Freshman
Max Botz (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo HS) came across in 14
th place overall with a season-best time of 27:41. Botz will receive Second Team All-UMAC laurels. Just missing all-conference honors was freshman
Nick Meyer (Wabasha, Minn./Wabasha-Kellogg HS) in 17
th overall with a time of 27:51.
The final Saint to score was freshman
Nick Matelich (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman HS (Montana State)) in 22
nd with a time of 28:08. He edged out freshman teammate
Bjorn Larson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Colorado State)) for that final scoring spot by one second. Sophomore
Tamer Mische-Richter (Bloomington, Minn./John F. Kennedy HS) was 25
th overall to complete the top seven runners for the Saints.
Up Next
The Saints will take part in the NCAA Division III Central Region Championships in Waverly, Iowa on Saturday, November 10. Race time is scheduled for noon.
