Men’s And Women’s Teams Finish 19th At Regionals

Brittany Lopez-CSC Sports Information

DENVER – Chadron State’s men’s and women’s cross country teams both finished 19^th at this year’s NCAA South Central Region Cross Country Championships.

Chadron State’s men’s team finished with 529 points, while the women’s team finished with 537 points. Both of the South Central regions defending champions, the Adams State women and Colorado School of Mines men, defended their titles.

Sophomore Wyatt Bly was CSC’s top finisher, male or female, at this year’s South Central region meet, running the men’s 10K with a time of 33:51.2 to place 64^th, followed by Kyle Shirley who finished 79^th clocking in at 34:18.7. Bly beat his 10K time from last year by almost two minutes.

The next three finishers for the CSC men were Blaine Johnson (97^th, 35:02.8), Miles Mitchell (142^nd, 37:04.0), and Adam Beard who finished 147^th with a time 37:44.8.

The Chadron State men finished 19^th out of 24 teams overall, and 13^th out of 15 RMAC programs, finishing ahead of Regis and Westminster.

For the Chadron State women, the first Eagles across the line were Samantha Rodewald, placing 79^th clocking in at 24:35.7, followed by Lydia Peters in 85^th, who ran 24:45.3. The next three finishers for the Eagles were Kyndall Carnahan (118^th, 25:48.9), Alissa Wieman (126^th, 26:07.8), and Katelyn Beshara who finished 136^th with a time of 26:31.5.

The Chadron State women finished 19^th out of 25 teams overall, and 12^th out of the 15 RMAC programs, finishing ahead Regis, Westminster, and New Mexico Highlands.

The result ends Chadron State’s season unless an Eagle runner receives an individual at at-large bid for the NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships.