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BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – The Michigan Tech cross country team, ranked No. 20 nationally, took third place for the men and fifth for the women, earning six all-conference results at the GLIAC Cross Country Championships held Saturday at Katoke Golf Course. I got it. In total, the Huskies had six All-GLIAC honorees.
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“Overall I’m happy with our effort and level of competitiveness today. We’ve talked about making sure we get the most out of them in the most important races, but through today’s race we I could see him going after it,” Tech head coach Robert Young said. “While there have been cases in which athletes have put in great effort and not performed at the highest level, there have also been some great improvements.
“On the men’s team, Michael Marshall really stepped up and brought his best race of the season and one of his best efforts as a Husky player. Alex Lee continued his rapid development and quickly became our force.” We are very proud of this.” Sam Lange once again proved he can race against the top players at All-Conference and has a few more chances at regionals and beyond. My feeling is that Michael Dennis, Tucker Ringhand and Colman Rench all had very valuable races. Sophia Lyne tried new strategies, learned a lot about her ideal race on the way to a strong finish, and executed her ideal race plan so well that we’ve learned a lot from her. I ran one of the best races I’ve seen. To pursue the honor that is due. ”
“The GLIAC Championship on the men’s side showed our depth as four runners earned All-Conference honors, which is definitely something to be proud of. Michael Marshall had an outstanding performance; He seems to be picking up steam at the right time,” added assistant coach Luke Moore. “Our girls’ team ran a lot of gutsy races throughout. Today we tried out different race plans and were able to focus our efforts on the regional competition in two weeks. It was a big win for Alex Lee, who made a great GLIAC debut and won the field in spectacular fashion. ”
Michigan Tech senior Sam Lang earned All-GLIAC First Team honors after finishing sixth in the conference championship for the second year in a row and leading the nation’s No. 20 ranked men’s team to the bronze medal with 79 points. Grand Valley State, ranked No. 4, earned a perfect score of 15 points, while Saginaw Valley outscored the Huskies by 22 points to take home runner-up honors.
Lange was buoyed by three-time All-GLIAC Second Team performances at GLIAC by Michael Dennis (14th), Tucker Ringhand (15th) and Colman Rench (20th) with a 24:37.2 effort. I was close to my personal best of 8km. Championship debut. Dennis and Ringhand clocked 25:09.7 and 25:09.8, respectively. Wrench was 9 seconds behind in 25:18.9.
Michael Marshall had a great day for the Black & Gold, posting a personal best of 10 seconds to score 24 points as Tech’s fifth runner.
Zeb Swager (25:34.5) and Karen Carrier (25:35.4) rounded out the top seven in 31st and 32nd place, respectively.
Sophomore standout Sophia Lyne ran a personal best time in the women’s low stick at 21 minutes, 49.1 seconds over the 6-kilometer course, earning 131 points and finishing fifth over Michigan Tech. Line placed 11th individually and earned second team ALL-GLIAC. Saginaw Valley moved into fourth place in the team race with 123 points, with Grand Valley taking the win with 22 points.
The dynamic duo of Cedar Gordon and Alex Lee played a pivotal role in the team’s finish, with the veteran Gordon finishing 20th overall with a time of 22:21, 10 seconds better than his personal best, and earning Second Team All-Star honors. Won GLIAC. Lee, a native of Springfield, Missouri, became the sixth freshman to finish in a personal best time of 22:50.0, giving him 26 points for the Black and Gold team.
Junior Ingrid Halverson posted a time of 23:00.2, five places behind, contributing 31 points to the team score, and Bridget Burns moved up from her freshman year to score 43 points and place 49th, placing her in the top five. I accomplished it.
Third-year Claire Endres (23:24.9) and freshman Erika Kazin (23:36.9) finished 50th and 53rd, respectively, as Tech’s sixth and seventh-place runners. Both performances were near personal bests for the duo.
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Michigan Tech will return to Romeoville, Illinois, on Saturday for the NCAA Midwest Regional tournament hosted by Lewis. Men will walk the 10km course at 11am and women will walk the 6km course at 12:15pm.
