Shane Leiby and Brittany Carius led the men's and women's teams to 15th places (of 28 teams) at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island Saturday. Brittany set a school record of 23:54 on the 6km course to finish in 31st place while Shane edged into the top 10 all-time on the men's side with 26:53 for 8km and 36th place. Against just Junior Colleges, the men were 4th of 7 full teams and the women were 2nd of 5.Also setting PR's for the women were Bonni Martin, who ran a fine 24:40 in 63rd place, Alyssa Imig (25:10, 87th), and Carrie Bunting (25:24, 100th). Rounding out the placing were Elizabeth Isbell, (27:58, 188th) and Darce Knapp (28:37, 207th). A total of 315 women started the race.
Finishing behind Shane for the Cougars was Michael Donini, who missed his PR by 2 seconds with his 27:57 in 89th place. Personal bests were earned by Frederick Kiprono (28:26, 126th) and Matt McKinney (28:39, 144th). Cory Shoopman finished next with 28:52 in 153rd place and Robert Deatherage set a PR as our 6th finisher when he ran 28:57 for 157th place. Nick Reed and Matt Young also set personal bests with 31:46 and 34:04, respectively. Six of the nine Cougar harriers finished in the top half of the field of 343.
After a week off of competition, the teams will travel to Lisle, IL to defend their Junior College titles in the Benedictine Eagle Invitational October 10.
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