RESULTS

COLFAX, Wis. (csssaints.com) – For the first time in program history the St. Scholastica men's cross country team had three runners finish in less than 26:00 as all three placed in the top 35 overall of the 446 runner Blugold Invitational Friday  at the Whitetail Golf Course.
 
Results
Top Team Scores: 1. St. Olaf-88, 2. UW-Stevens Point-108, 3. Carleton-122, 4. UW-Eau Claire-138, 5. UW-Oshkosh-144, 12. CSS-348
Individual Winner: David Fassbender (UWW) – 24:52
 
Top Performances
Senior Easton Foss (Pine City, Minn./Pine City HS) led the way with a personal-best time of 25:38 to place 22^nd overall. That was 16 seconds faster than his previous best time at the 2017 NCAA Central Region Championships.
 
Freshman Lars Dewall (Lakeland, Minn./Stillwater HS) was next with a time of 25:49 to finish 33^rd overall. That time is the fifth-fastest 8k time in program history and 46 seconds faster than his time at Carleton a couple of weeks ago. Junior Isaac Boedigheimer (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) was only one second behind Dewall in 35^th with a time of 25:50.
 
Freshman Nathan Smoller (Montpelier, Vt./U-32 HS) finished in a season-best time of 27:25 and was 173^rd overall. That was 54 seconds than his time at Carleton. Junior Ryan Steger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) was the final Saint to score with a time of 27:44 to finish 210 overall.
 
Up Next
The Saints will have one more race before the conference championships as the team competes at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational on Saturday, October 19.