RESULTS
Notables
-Foss defeats teammate Dewall by one-tenth of a second for the individual title
-CSS' 19 points are a program-best at the UMAC Championships
-Saints place nine runners in the top 13
SUPERIOR, Wis. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's cross country team swept the top three spots and had six runners place in the top eight overall to capture its first Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championship since 2015 and ninth title overall on Saturday at the Nemadji Golf Course.
Results
Top Team Scores: 1. CSS-19, 2. UW-Superior-69, 3. Minnesota Morris-72, 4. Martin Luther-114, 5. Bethany Lutheran-143
Individual Winner: E. Foss (CSS) – 26:32.1
Foss Edges Dewall at the Line
The trio of senior
Easton Foss (Pine City, Minn./Pine City HS), junior
Isaac Boedigheimer (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) and freshman
Lars Dewall (Lakeland, Minn./Stillwater HS) have led the Saints all season long and Saturday was no different. Boedigheimer was looking to become the first CSS men's runner to repeat as UMAC Champion, while Foss and Dewall were looking for their first UMAC individual titles.
Down the stretch, it would be Foss and Dewall battling for the win and a photo-finish at the line would go to the senior Foss with a winning time of 26:32.1, defeating Dewall by one-tenth of a second. Boedigheimer came across in third place 10 seconds back with a time of 26:42.
It marks the first time in program history the Saints have had the individual UMAC champion in back-to-back years.
Other Top Performances
Sophomore
Nick Matelich (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman HS (Montana State)) came across in sixth place overall with a season-best time of 27:34. Behind him was junior
Ryan Steger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) in seventh with a time of 27:51 to complete the scoring for the Saints.
Sophomore
Bjorn Larson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Colorado State)) finished eighth with a season-best time of 27:58. Sophomore
Jonathan Laughlin (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minnesota Duluth)) was 11
th in a time of 28:02. Junior
Tamer Mische-Richter (Bloomington, Minn./John F. Kennedy HS) was 12
th, posting a personal-best time of 28:03 and freshman
Matt Stuber (North Branch, Minn./North Branch HS) was 13
th with a finishing time of 28:06.
Up Next
The Saints will compete at the NCAA Division III Central Region Championship in Waverly, Iowa on Saturday, November 16.
