Black Hills Sweeps Cross Country Dual, CSC’s Alahuhta 3rd

Kaleb Center CSC Sports Information Director 

The Chadron State College cross country teams ran their annual home race on the CSC campus Friday morning. They each ran a dual meet against Black Hills State University, who took both the men’s and women’s team scores.
 
The BHSU men, who started at 9 a.m., won 20 to 37, with the lowest score prevailing in a six-kilometer race. The Yellow Jackets also won at five kilometers in the women’s race, by a score of 19 to 37. The latter race began at 9:40 a.m.
 
True freshman Topi Alahuhta, of Pine, Colorado, who ran the second-fastest season-best in a six-kilometer cross country race in school history last week, came in third in the race to finish as the first Eagles’ men’s runner in 19:28.70. For the second week in a row, he bested an outoor track and field All America runner in BHSU’s Keith Osowski.
 
Another true freshman, Charles Fossey, was next for CSC’s men in fifth place with a time of 19:40.17. He claimed the third-best spot for the CSC program at six kilometers, which was only three seconds faster, in last week’s race in Spearfish.
 
Kyle Shirley, a redshirt freshman who is now fourth all-time on the list, was eighth at the home meet as the third-fastest CSC men’s runner to cross the finish line.
 
CSC women were fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth in the women’s race. Josie Diffendaffer, a true freshman from Berthoud, Colorado, was the first CSC woman to finish, in 20:46.48. The fifth scoring runner, true freshman Jacie Lusseto, was 11th.
 
Black Hills State’s Timothy Brown and Xiomara Robinson won the individual races.
 
The BHSU men were ranked No. 8 in the region, in the latest USTFCCAA rankings this week.
 
CSC Individual Runners:
 
Men
3, Topi Alahuhta, 19:28.70; 5, Charles Fossey, 19:40.17; 8, Kyle Shirley, 19:49.33; 10, Noah Burtis, 20:04.23; 11, Garrett Avery, 20:07.54; 18, Nate Mann, 20:51.73; 19, Blaine Johnson, 21:41.38; 20, Trevor Eisenbraun, 22:04.64; 22, Jake Brugger, 22:32.86; 23, Miles Mitchell, 22:57.02; 24 Chantz Stuhmer, 23:52.37; 25, Daylon Weekly, 28:30.83.
 
Women
5, Josie Diffendaffer, 20:46.48; 6, Lydia Peters, 20:54.81; 7, Alissa Wieman, 20:59.17; 8, Lexi Rule, 21:04.03; 11, Jacie Lussetto, 22:57.08; 12 BreeAnna Meats, 23:05.58.
 
Team scores:
 
Men
1, Black Hills State, 20; 2, Chadron State, 37.
 
Women
1, Black Hills State 19; 2, Chadron State, 37.