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Eight men's cross country runners claim conference honors

Published: 11/06/2007 Bookmark and Share

Eight men's cross country runners claim conference honors

 

The MSOE men's cross country team, which recently won the Northern Athletic Conference championship, also took four first-team All-Conference selections and four honorable mention awards.

What makes this achievement even more impressive is that only the top five per team score at the meet. MSOE walked away with the most selections followed by Aurora and Concordia-Wisconsin with five each.

MSOE fourth year Head Coach Larry Gardner also captured Coach of the Year honors.

NAC First Team selections with year, eight kilometer time, and place:
Dominic Maio, senior, (Racine, Wis./ Prairie School), 26:37.5 min./sec., fourth place
Zach Lutz, sophomore, (West Allis, Wis./ Nathan Hale), 27:42.0, eighth
Tim Carlson, junior, (Oneida, Wis./Pulaski), 28:07.4, ninth
Jay Stasiak, sophomore (Sturgeon Bay, Wis./ Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) 28:29.3. 13th

NAC Honorable Mention with year, eight kilometer time, and place:
Ben Bichler, junior (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) 28:43.0, 19th
Adam Patterson, senior, (Evansville, Wis./ Evansville) 29:02.9, 25th
Cameron Rate, freshman, (Theresa, Wis./Slinger) 29:24.4, 28th
Troy Woodard, senior, (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) 28:54.6, 20th

This is the tenth consecutive men's cross country championship for MSOE, with titles spanning the Lake Michigan and Northern Athletics Conferences.